PET/CT scans with the investigational radiopharmaceutical gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTATOC homed in on neuroendocrine tumors and changed patient management in a number of cases, according to a study presented at this week’s Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting. {read more here}
No news for imaging is good news in June MedPAC report
June 16, 2015 — Recommendations for medical imaging are noticeably absent in the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) June report to Congress — a welcome break from the usual scrutiny that radiology receives from policymakers. {read more here}
For patients with cervical cancer, extensive tattoos could mimic metastasis on positron emission tomography (PET) fused with computed tomography (CT) imaging, according to a case report published online June 5 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. {read more here}
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis[1] was to assess the predictive value of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT for pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer. {read more here}
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