A novel PET tracer developed by Korean researchers can visualize joint inflammation and could provide early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, a common autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of joints and can lead to deformity and dysfunction. The study is reported in the featured basic science article in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine‘s May issue.  {read more here}

German researchers have developed a novel diagnostic and therapeutic (theranostic) procedure for patients with ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma, a deadly cancer with an extremely poor prognosis (five-year survival rate of {read more here}

The presence of amyloid on PET scans may be a sign that adults with no symptoms of dementia are still at risk of mild cognitive impairment or even Alzheimer’s disease in the future as they age, according to a study published online April 30 in JAMA Neurology. {read more here}

F-18-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has diagnostic utility when determining bone marrow involvement (BMI) among pediatric patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), according to a study published in Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma, and Leukemia. {read more here}