PET scans can light up tumors in the body and help doctors determine if they are cancerous or benign (noncancerous). The results of a PET scan help guide medical decisions. A PET scan is a type of ...

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.

PET scans were helpful in determining which patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer may be able to skip chemotherapy. Treating patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer based on positron ...

In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Specht is joined via Zoom by study co-lead, Heather Jacene, MD, of Brigham and Women's ...

Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...

The Foresight CLARITY test offers greater prognostic accuracy than PET/CT scans in large B-cell lymphoma by detecting ctDNA-MRD negativity, indicating better patient outcomes. ctDNA-MRD testing showed ...

What The 2024 NCCN Guidelines Say About... It does if a single state in the U.S. is any indication. In North Carolina, significantly higher rates of prostate cancer recurrence were reported among men ...

Liv Hospital integrates PET/CT diagnostics, radionuclide therapies and a multidisciplinary council to create individualized treatment plans for complex cancer and cardiac cases.

TULSA, Okla. — Ascension St. John is doing their part to make the fight against cancer as easy as possible. They were the first in the state to launch a mobile PET scan unit. A PET/CT scan can be a ...

Dipika Kakar, who was diagnosed with liver cancer earlier this year and underwent a 14-hour-long surgery, is currently on the road to recovery. The actress is now undergoing targeted therapy following ...

College basketball analyst Dick Vitale is cancer-free once again. The Basketball Hall of Famer announced in June he was undergoing surgery for a cancerous lymph node in his neck. Vitale shared the ...