Researchers have used a chemical compound to light up treatment-resistant cancers on imaging scans, in a breakthrough that ...

Researchers have used a chemical compound to light up treatment-resistant cancers on imaging scans, in a breakthrough that could help medical professionals better target and treat cancer.

To explain the nuances of lung cancer imaging ... by detecting minute changes in glucose metabolism, a PET scan can pick up on positive treatment effects even before the tumour starts to shrink.

Watanabe and his team from Niigata University have revealed that PET/CT image ... interstitial lung disease after treatment. Dr. Watanabe and his team focused on PET/CT scan, a nuclear imaging ...

An immediate full-body PET Scan showed she had stage 4, inoperable lung cancer that had spread to her adrenal glands and brain. “I am a big believer in early screening and advocating for ...

But for some patients, the fear and anxiety of a positive diagnosis can keep them ... have small tumors during noninvasive, 30-minute lung scans offered through many Franciscan Health locations.

The paper, published today in Nature Communications, shows therapy-resistant non-small cell lung cancer tumours ’lit up like a Christmas tree’ on PET scans when the radiotracer was injected. Tim ...