Oncology & Cancer

Using PET scans to better treat cancer patients

One of the primary tools that oncologists use to stage cancers is the PET (positron emission tomography) scan, an imaging test that uses a small amount of radioactive sugar to detect metabolically active areas within the ...

Neuroscience

Imaging approach to stop epilepsy seizures

An advanced imaging approach developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine could let surgeons determine the best target in the brain to stop epilepsy seizures, new research suggests.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Possible new PET tracer for early detection of Alzheimer's

New biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease are a priority area for researchers seeking to learn more about the disease and find possible methods of early diagnosis. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now studied ...

Oncology & Cancer

FDA approves drug for PET imaging of prostate cancer

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive lesions in men with prostate cancer, the agency ...

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