While the presence of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain may be a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, giving patients an amyloid PET scan is not an effective method for measuring their cognitive function, ...

Reston, VA… FDG PET detected recurrent cancer 50% more often than did conventional imaging in persons suffering from thyroid cancer who had indications that their ...

Tumor metabolism, blood flow changes, and prognosis by positron emission tomography: A prospective cohort of locally advanced breast cancer patients No significant financial relationships to disclose.

The influence of physician densities and patient characteristics on the decision to treat prostate cancer patients with varying clinical benefit. Background: The risk of prematurely discontinuing ...

18 F-FDG-PET/CT (F-FDG) appears to offer value for staging of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), according to the results of a recent small, single-institution study. 1 F-FDG reliably detected ...

Monitoring treatment response in breast cancer is of great importance and FDG PET has demonstrated its utility in this indication. FDG PET must be performed in patients with advanced disease treated ...

Reston, Va.—Seven medical imaging groups wrote a joint letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to formally request coverage of two fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission ...

WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 20, 2023 Jay Reinstein, who suffers from Alzheimer's, prepares to receive a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chávez ...