(WNDU) - A PET scan is an imaging test that doctors traditionally use to evaluate patients for cancer, but it requires a dose of radiation, and a patient needs to lie still for 30 minutes or more. If ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — PET/CT scanning should be considered as an alternative to Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis of cranial giant cell arteritis (GCA), as technological advances mean the imaging ...

Association of ABCB1 polymorphism and erlotinib toxicity with efficacy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Background: Up to one-third of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients are ...

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Lexington Medical Center (LMC), announced that it is now offering Positron Emission Tomography — Computed Tomography (PET/CT) services. Positron emission tomography (PET) ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a type of imaging scan that doctors might use when diagnosing and treating non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). It can be useful for identifying and staging the cancer.

An imaging test could safely halve the number of people who need a biopsy for suspected prostate cancer following inconclusive or reassuring results from an MRI scan, new research has found. Findings ...

The relationship between service quality measures and overall patient satisfaction in oncology. Background: Recent studies have demonstrated a benefit with the use of preoperative PET-CT scanning in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scan works by using a molecule that binds to prostate cancer cells, causing them to appear as bright spots on imaging A scan ...

In addition to PET-CT, the Dunedin Central clinic offers MRI, CT, Breast Imaging, Fluoroscopy, Interventional Procedures, ...