A scan that makes prostate cancer cells “glow” could halve the number of men needing invasive biopsies, research suggests.

An imaging test could safely halve the number of people who need a biopsy for suspected prostate cancer following inconclusive or reassuring results from an MRI scan, new research has found. Findings ...

Carly Bartuccio talks with event attendees about the new PET-CT scanner at a ribbon-cutting. Nothing can replace the caring touch of a health care worker, nor the expert clinical decision-making of a ...

(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 ...

made use of a mobile PET/CT scanner to diagnose patients as well as evaluate how well their treatment plans were working. "For many years, we had utilized that scanner which was parked out in front of ...

Ascension St. John will soon have a new way to detect cancer in patients throughout Green Country. The hospital system is going to use a new mobile PET/CT scan to save even more lives. Ascension St.

VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital will cut the ribbon on a new 50-foot trailer designed to provide state-of-the-art scanning capabilities to patients. The new PET/CT scanner can provide an ...

A performance evaluation of the uEXPLORER total-body PET/CT scanner showed that it exhibits ultra-high sensitivity that supports excellent spatial resolution and image quality. Given the long axial ...

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Advanced technology has made its way to South Central Regional Medical Center to help with the earlier detection of cancer. The new machine at the SCRMC cancer center is called ...

PET scans can light up tumors in the body and help doctors determine if they are cancerous or benign (noncancerous). The results of a PET scan help guide medical decisions. A PET scan is a type of ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — Ascension St. John is doing their part to make the fight against cancer as easy as possible. They were the first in the state to launch a mobile PET scan unit. A PET/CT scan can be a ...