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PET tracer shows promise in prostate cancer patients

AuntMinnie

Out of 209 patients screened between December 12, 2015 and July 27, 2021, the researchers included 100 patients. ng/mL after prostatectomy or ≥ 2 ng/mL after radiotherapy) and negative conventional imaging (CT and/or bone scans). Patients were eligible if they were older than 18 and had rising blood levels of PSA ( ≥ 0.2

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

REBEL EM

Most common organism is Staph Aureus (36-67% of cases) ( Boody 2015 ). Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults. Clin Infect Dis 2015 Sept 15;61(6):859-63. Other pathogens include: E.

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Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma

Global Radiology CME

Bone scan shows diffuse uptake in the markedly enlarged right breast secondary to increased blood pool activity and impaired washout. Bone scan showed diffuse uptake in the markedly enlarged right breast secondary to increased blood pool activity and impaired washout. Mammogram CC view.