Figure 1. A 74-y-old man at initial staging with PSMA PET that demonstrates low uptake in primary tumor (A, arrowhead) and left pelvic side wall node (A, arrow). Bone scan was read as positive by 2 of ...

PURPOSE: To evaluate the prognostic significance of a bone scan index (BSI) based on the weighted proportion of tumor involvement in individual bones, in relation to other factors and to survival in ...

DENVER—Researchers have found a way to combine imaging with chemotherapy in a single agent for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to data presented at the 2009 American Association for Cancer ...

Treating cancer that has spread to other parts of the body often includes PET scans or bone scans. Both use radioactive medicine, injected into a patient’s bloodstream through an IV in their arm, to ...

Doctors have used radioiodine therapy, a type of nuclear medicine treatment, since the 1940s. Now, a new generation of radiopharmaceuticals offers expanded treatment options for people with some types ...

IN the fight against prostate cancer, one biomarker is proving to be a game changer. According to Sunway Medical Centre Clinical Head and Nuclear Medicine Physician Associate Professor Dr Tan Teik Hin ...

August is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and one expert at Stanford discusses how nuclear medicine diagnostic scans are helping treat children with cancer. A small amount of radioactive drug allows ...