(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 ...

PHILADELPHIA – Fox Chase Cancer Center is the only institution in the Greater Delaware Valley now offering patients the newest in imaging technology called PET/CT scanning. PET/CT is the fusion of two ...

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 ...

June 3, 2008 (Chicago, Illinois) — Preoperative imaging with 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) appears to more accurately identify patients with mediastinal and extrathoracic ...

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.

Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2009;9(1):75-96. Based on the available data, FDG-PET alone appears to be of limited use in differentiating tumors of low malignant potential from benign tumors and ovarian ...

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 ...

Advances in Total-Body PET/CT Research. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 14, 274-282. doi: 10.4236/jbm.2026.141021 . PET ...

St. Anthony Hospital recently added PET/CT scanning to the hospital's diagnostic arsenal. The mobile scan unit will visit the hospital every Saturday to serve patients in Pendleton and surrounding ...

Cancer survivors' follow-up frequency depends on cancer type, treatment response, and individual factors, including insurance coverage. Recent CT results showed slightly increased mesenteric nodes, ...