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 ...

(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 ...

NEW ORLEANS, La.—Combined positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) scanning of patients in the early stages of ovarian cancer can enable physicians to determine whether the ...

An imaging test could safely halve the number of people who need a biopsy for suspected prostate cancer following ...

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 ...

Kingston Health Sciences Centre has reached its goal of completing 1,000 PET-CT scans a month earlier than expected, it was announced Thursday. Launched a year ago, a Positron Emission ...

For patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), PET/CT scans conducted in the first cycle of salvage therapy can predict for response, according to a study. Results of a prospective study of ...

With the advancement of imaging technologies, the application of 18 F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis and management of cervical cancer has garnered increasing attention. This article aims to review the ...

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) ...

A macrophage-targeted PET/CT tracer predicts anti-TNF response in rheumatoid arthritis at baseline and four weeks, enabling ...

Scans that make prostate cancer cells glow can eliminate the need for invasive biopsies and cut false positive—and they're ...