The first randomized, controlled study to determine whether physicians change their clinical decision-making after considering images of accumulated amyloid plaques in patients with suspected Alzheimer’s disease has come out with affirmative findings. {read more here}

A greater burden of amyloid plaque in the brain predicts cognitive decline in patients with genetic forms of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers reported. {read more here}

Whole-body metabolic tumor volume, as determined by FDG-PET/CT before treatment, is a reliable prognosticator of overall survival in patients who have invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) of the breast and distant metastases at the time of their initial diagnosis, according to a study published online July 23 in theAmerican Journal of Roentgenology. {read more here}

A significant proportion of patients receiving radiotherapy for left-sided breast cancer exhibit cardiovascular disease 10 to 15 years after treatment, attributed to incidental cardiac irradiation. To assess this adverse effect in more detail, Omar El-Sherif, from Western University and the London Regional Cancer Program, and colleagues have used hybrid PET/MRI to longitudinally study radiation-related changes in cardiac function. {read more here}