In a prospective cohort study of 25 patients with prosthetic vascular graft infections treated with systemic antibiotics, the use of FDG-PET/CT for monitoring of metabolic activity within the graft was effective at determining infection status and was used to alter the course of antibiotic therapy in all patients. {read more here}
SNMMI: Follow-up PET/CT adds value in non-Hodgkin lymphoma management
Post-treatment PET/CT can help diagnose relapses of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) cases and spur additional treatment, according to research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2015 annual meeting in Baltimore. {read more here}
Antibody fragments expand what PET imaging can ‘see’ in mice (video) – American Chemical Society
Reverse Radiology Where buyers and vendors win
Optimal management of lymph node-positive (cN+) prostate cancer (PCa) remains largely undefined given a lack of prospective, randomized data to inform practice. However, results from a recent study found patients at high-risk for prostate cancer significantly benefited from treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). {read more here}