Bone scans have been found to overstage prostate cancer at initial staging compared to prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET, according to new research published in the November issue of ...

PET-CT scans combine structural and functional imaging to detect diseases early. This technology improves diagnosis accuracy ...

An expert discusses how CT scans and bone scans remain the standard imaging approach for most patients with metastatic ...

Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD A PET scan is often used to help determine a cancer diagnosis. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan uses a tracer with low levels of radiation to find ...

You can still have cancer if a PET scan is negative. That’s because some types of tumors are harder for PET scans to detect. ... PSMA PET-CT is more accurate than a CT combined with a bone scan.

PET scans are a form of imaging scan that can take three-dimensional images of the inside of a person’s body. They can help a doctor detect and accurately stage someone’s liver cancer.

Five years after my lymphoma diagnosis, life looks normal on the outside; however, the fear of recurrence and the reality of ...

* THIS STUDY compared the accuracy of diagnoses for 61 breast cancer survivors who received both PET scans and conventional imaging procedures such as X-ray, computed tomography and mammography.

PET scans were helpful in determining which patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer may be able to skip chemotherapy. Treating patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer based on positron ...