PET/CT can add value to cancer staging and follow-up in pediatric patients. In fact, it may come to play an important role in directing image-guided biopsies of children, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. {read more here}

Nearly three years of research have brought about remarkable results for the majority of 80 patients subjected to targeted alpha therapy of metastatic prostate cancer. The first assessments — describing a full response in two patients in critical clinical condition with extensive metastases — are published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM), which has displayed images depicting the improvements on its cover page. {read more here}

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago were able to reduce uncertainty in diagnosing cardiac sarcoidosis by having patients consume a high-fat, low-sugar diet for 72 hours prior to diagnostic imaging.  {read more here}

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania are calling for more widespread use of molecular imaging to diagnose and treat cancer. {read more here}