PET scans examine the tissues of the body at a cellular level. Because these tests can measure metabolic activity, such as oxygen use, blood flow and the rate at which specific areas of the body are ...

Q: My wife is 59 years old. She had COVID-19 but recovered. A recent chest X-ray shows a white patch on her lung. She doesn’t have a cough or a fever, and her pulmonologist wants her to have a PET ...

Medicare Part B covers outpatient PET scans when ordered by a doctor and considered medically necessary. PET scan costs can vary depending on whether you have the scan in a hospital as an inpatient, ...

PET scans may serve as both a diagnostic and prognostic tool in giant cell arteritis (GCA), according to a new study. In over 100 patients with GCA who underwent 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET ...

Use of PSMA PET/CT imaging before salvage radiotherapy was linked to improved survival for patients with BCR prostate cancer ...

PET scans improve diagnosis and assessment of treatment. * THE QUESTION Does a PET scan change breast cancer diagnoses and treatment decisions? * PAST STUDIES have shown that positron emission ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers analyzed more than 10,000 PET scans of patients from the IDEAS study. Measurement of Centiloids from ...

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 ...

While PET scans have been used to predict Hodgkin lymphoma outcomes, adding Adcetris to frontline therapy improved outcomes for patients, regardless of their results. Adding Adcetris (brentuximab ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A strategy involving shared cardiac PET scans and frequent follow-up improved CV risk and outcomes vs. standard ...

In a study led by Lund University and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyze aggregates of ...

Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company” or “Algernon”) (CSE: AGN) (FRANKFURT: AGW0) (OTCQB: AGNPF), a Canadian healthcare company announces that it has signed a definitive equipment order and ...