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Auntminnie: PET/CT beats CT in NSCLC staging, but both have limitations

(AUNTMINNIE.COM) - "PET/CT beats CT in NSCLC staging, but both have limitations"

It appears that researchers have found PET/CT is much more accurate than CT alone for evaluation and staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). To read more about this latest research development in radiology, please visit Auntminnie.com directly here.

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on July 3, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Medicare approves FDG-PET for cervical cancer staging

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING) -- Medical imagers can now expect Medicare to routinely cover FDG-PET for initial staging of cervical cancer, thanks to a national coverage ruling announced Nov. 10. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reconsidered an earlier decision against coverage. Ruling on an appeal, it concluded that enough clinical evidence has been published to show that FDG-PET helps guide the clinical management of cervical cancer patients and has a positive effect on patient outcomes.… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on November 14, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

ACR NOPR Data Enables CMS to Cover PET Scans for the Majority of Medicare Cancer Patients

Coverage of Life-saving and Extending PET Scans a Victory for Seniors Nationwide

Philadelphia — The American College of Radiology (ACR) strongly supports the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ determination to significantly expand coverage of positron emission tomography (PET) scans performed in both the initial and subsequent evaluation of patients with many types of cancer. The CMS move is based on significant clinical evidence regarding the effectiveness of PET for… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on April 6, 2009 at 5:17pm — No Comments

PET/CT picks up another 20% of lesions not found on chest CT alone

February 9, 2009 Diagnostic Imaging. By Rebekah Moan Fusion PET/CT detects an additional one-fifth of active lesions from the supraclavicular notch to the adrenals that are not found on chest CT alone, according to a retrospective study. Though PET/CT has been proven to be more sensitive than chest CT alone in detecting some types of cancer, chest CT is still among the first exams prescribed to patients with a known or suspected malignancy, said author Dr. Jean-Charles Vinet, a radiology… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on February 9, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

PET/CT in the evaluation of colorectal carcinoma (Featured Article from Applied Radiology)

radRounds Presents Feature Article from Applied Radiology: PET/CT in the evaluation of colorectal carcinoma

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Abstract: Positron emission tomography (PET) combined with computed tomography (CT) has improved the evaluation of colorectal cancer in terms of staging, restaging, assessing…

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on February 3, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

UPMC to set up cancer centers abroad

radRounds (NEW YORK) -- UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) in association with the GE Healthcare is planning to set up cancer treatment centers abroad in Turkey, Greece, South Korea, Germany and other parts of the world. Presently GE is operating in more that 100 nations and has over 20 years of experience in Turkey. Probably this must be a strong reason why UPMC has chosen to shake hands with GE Healthcare. This announcement was made on Thursday 13th November 2008. UPMS is planning… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on November 22, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

ACR/NOPR Update: PET Impact Found to be Consistent across Cancer Types and Imaging Indications

NOPR Update: PET Impact Found to be Consistent across Cancer Types and Imaging Indications

Information provided by positron emission tomography (PET) was found to affect how clinicians manage their cancer patients’ care regardless of the cancer type and reason for ordering this imaging scan, according to results from the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR), published online November 7 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Earlier this year, the study authors reported in… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on November 10, 2008 at 9:34pm — No Comments