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 ...
Getty Images Recent findings suggest that it may be possible to spare patients unnecessary exposure to radiation. Recent findings provide clues to the optimal timing and indications for the use of ...
A team of researchers in Australia and New Zealand has found that MRI scans can detect prostate cancer more accurately than the newer, prostate-specific -PSMA PET/CT scanning technique. The findings ...
Visual Abstract. Overall survival for patients treated with salvage radiotherapy: real world data from an entire country. A patient with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy and no ...
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What Is a PET Scan?

A positron emission tomography (PET) scan provides detailed three-dimensional images of your internal body organs and tissue, which helps diagnose a wide range of conditions.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A number of studies in the past year have raised concerns that Americans are exposed to too much radiation from CT scans, increasing their risk of cancer. A: CT, short for computed ...
Computed tomography, or CT scans, could cause 5% of U.S. cancers each year, a new study found. The X-rays expose people to ionizing radiation, which can cause DNA damage. Before getting a CT scan, ...
Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...
CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and blood clots leading to stroke. But the radiation emitted by this essential ...