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 ...

On when should a patient get a PET scan for lung cancer evaluation, Dr Mutua says if a chest x-ray or chest CT scan reveals suspicious findings, a PET scan is the next appropriate step.

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

Interstitial lung disease is characterized by scarring ... Dr. Watanabe and his team focused on PET/CT scan, a nuclear imaging test that is able to detect inflammation in the whole body.

Last month may have been Lung Cancer Awareness Month. But in solidarity with other survivors and all who’ve lost their battle ...

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 ...

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.

PET scan and CT scan. “A few days later, I got a call to say they had found a spot on my lung and it was stage two cancer,” she said. “When they told me I was like ‘OK, what is next?'” ...

“I had a chest x-ray, which showed a spot in my left lobe,” Ruth recalls. “Then, I had a CAT scan, which showed a mass. A PET scan showed that I had cancer in my lung and in my skeletal system.

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 ...