http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New research published in the January issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that 18F-fludeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging offers significant prognostic stratification information at initial staging for patients with locally advanced breast cancer. When compared to conventional imaging, 18F-FDG PET/CT more accurately showed lesions in the chest, abdomen and bones in a single session, changing management for more than 50 percent of the patients in the study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-petct-advantages-conventional-staging-breast.html Cancer Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:03:32 EST news276354206 It took Wayne Wentzel 14 years, multiple tissue biopsies and travel to four hospitals across multiple states to identify the underlying source of his rising prostate specific antigen (PSA) level. He finally found answers at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-advanced-imaging-prostate-cancer-faster.html Cancer Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:21:08 EST news268647661 Short term follow-up of patients who have had a negative (benign) MRI-guided vacuum assisted breast biopsy may not be necessary, a new study indicates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-month-follow-up-patients-benign-mri-guided.html Cancer Fri, 04 May 2012 01:20:01 EST news255312459