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Miniature Transponder Guides Radiation Therapy Procedures

A new implanted transponder can help enhance the precision of radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatments for cancer by providing real-time, continuous information on tumor position.  More...
03 Apr 2016

Image-Guided PET-CT Surveillance Can Be as Effective as Neck Dissection for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

The results of a recent study show that the survival rates of patients with advanced head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma, was similar for those diagnosed using PET-CT guided surveillance, and those who underwent a planned neck dissection.  More...
29 Mar 2016
Image: PET scans tracking tau and β-amyloid from two normal older people and one patient with AD (Photo courtesy of Michael Schöll/ UC Berkeley).

PET Scans Track Progressive Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease

A new study reveals how positron emission tomography scans of Tau deposition can help track the progressive stages of Alzheimer’s disease in the brains of aging cognitively normal adults.  More...
16 Mar 2016
Image: Ziyad Alrowaili holds up the MP512 with Dr. Martin Carolan and Prof, Anatoly Rozenfeld (Photo courtesy of UOW).

Radiation Detector Plate Improves Cancer Radiotherapy

A prototype detector plate placed in the radiation path records a real-time map of the intensity of the radiotherapy beams.  More...
14 Mar 2016
Image: The RapidArc Radiosurgery system (Photo courtesy of Varian Medical Systems).

Gamma Knife and RapidArc Radiosurgery Equally Effective

A new study comparing Gamma Knife and RapidArc radiosurgery found that while each system offers a different strength, they are equally effective at eradicating cancer in the brain.  More...
08 Mar 2016

Lung Cancer Survivors Receive Too Many PET Scans

Lung and esophageal cancer survivors undergo excessive positron emission tomography scans during follow-up care with no impact on survival, claims a new study.  More...
08 Mar 2016

Chemoradiation May Help Increase Cancer Survival Rates

The addition of chemotherapy to radiation therapy improves survival rates among a subset of septuagenarian head and neck cancer patients, according to a new study.  More...
07 Mar 2016
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The Nuclear Medicine channel of MedImaging brings the latest in research and clinical radiotherapy, proton therapy, PET-CT, SPECT, SQUID, radiopharmacology, scintillography, trends and safety concerns.