PET scans use a radioactive tracer to generate images of the body for medical analysis. Doctors commonly use PET scans to detect cancer and assess how far it has spread. Radiation exposure from PET ...

Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...

(WNDU) - A PET scan is an imaging test that doctors traditionally use to evaluate patients for cancer, but it requires a dose of radiation, and a patient needs to lie still for 30 minutes or more. If ...

GE HealthCare and the Department of Radiology at Stanford Medicine aim to explore total body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) technology for new clinical pathways to help ...

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. Doctors might ...

New PSMA PET/CT can detect signs of prostate cancer within elderly patients without the need of a biopsy. PSMA PET/CT scans can detect signs of prostate cancer in elderly patients without the need of ...

A PET scan can help doctors spot cancer that has spread through the body. A doctor may request one during the melanoma diagnostic process if they suspect advanced melanoma cancer. A PET scan is an ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new mobile PET-CT unit is revolutionizing access to advanced medical imaging by bringing high-quality, innovative care directly to communities. Reid Somori, chief nuclear ...

PET/CT scans are crucial for staging, treatment response monitoring, and detecting extramedullary disease in multiple myeloma patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapy. Bone-independent extramedullary ...

For years, prostate cancer specialists hit a wall when prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels crept up after definitive treatment. The cancer was likely back — but where? And to what extent? Bone plus ...

BREWER, Maine (WABI) - For more than 15 years, Northern Light Cancer Care in Brewer has been helping patients facing a cancer diagnosis. Their goal is to make sure patients have all the care they need ...