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PET/CT bests bone scintigraphy for detecting invasive breast cancer

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PET/CT imaging surpasses bone scintigraphy for detecting bone metastases i.

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Road to RSNA 2023: Molecular Imaging

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Still, PET imaging in breast cancer may be among this year’s hottest topics, with studies suggesting FDG-PET/MRI may be reliable in newly diagnosed patients and another revealing which potential tracer is more effective in women with metastatic lesions, namely F-18 fluciclovine or Ga-68 PSMA. Monday, November 27 | 8:30 a.m.-8:40 8:40 a.m. |

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Italian research team shows the way on sustainability

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FDG-PET/CT provides functional insights by detecting metabolic changes before structural alterations, making it valuable for therapy response monitoring, but it has limitations in visualizing metabolically silent bone metastases, according to Masperi and Girlando. Scans were conducted using two CT systems (Somatom go.Top from Siemens).

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PET/CT superior to scintigraphy for detecting metastatic bone cancer

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PET/CT is more accurate than bone scintigraphy for detecting bone metastase. PET/CT key to imaging patients with prostate cancer PET tracer for prostate cancer performs well in phase III trial PSMA-PET matches MRI, beats CT in diagnosing liver cancer PET tracer may improve prostate cancer imaging