Nuclear Medicine
Effectiveness of Estrogen-Blocking Drugs in Breast Cancer Validated by PET Imaging
Researchers have shown the feasibility of using serial PET scans, using a special estrogen-containing isotope, to confirm the comparative effectiveness of estrogen-blocking and estrogen-depleting therapy. More...08 Sep 2011

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