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Tracking the course of cancer treatment with PET scans

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Caren B. Les

Patients with colorectal cancer may benefit from better treatment planning if they receive positron emission tomography (PET) scans. Researchers conducted a study at four PET centers in Australia to examine the impact of the imaging technique on changing the care of patients with proven or suspected recurrence and to assess the impact of the change on disease-free survival. The scans led to changes in the disease management of more than half of the patients who participated in the study. Shown is an image of a 2-[18F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET/CT scan in a patient with a potentially...Read full article

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    Published: October 2008
    Biophotonicscolorectal cancerNews & Featurespositron emission tomography (PET) scansresidual structural lesions

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