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 ...

New PET scan for prostate cancer patients Date: September 6, 2016 Source: Loyola University Health System Summary: A new effective PET/CT scan for prostate cancer patients can detect the location ...

Ohta and colleagues compared PET and bone scan in evaluation of skeletal metastases in 51 patients with breast cancer and found that the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the bone scan were ...

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.

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 ...

PET scans are one of the latest tools used to detect and determine a cancer's activity in the body. PET is generally more accurate than other imaging technologies such as computerized tomography ...

Myeloma can cause bone damage. Doctors use a PET-CT scan to find out whether myeloma is damaging your bones. ... Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland ...