Nuclear Medicine

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• PET Imaging Used to Assess Effectiveness of Menkes Disease Treatments

• Sharp Decline Seen in Use of Cardiac Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

• Collaboration Expands Capacity for Proton Therapy Clinical Research and Patient Treatments

• Helium Ions May Provide Better-Targeted Treatment in Pediatric Radiotherapy

• Shock-Absorbing “Goo” Discovered in Bone

• Preoperative PET Reduces Redundant Lung Surgeries

• Radiotherapy After Mastectomy Helpful to Women with Breast Cancer That Metastasized to Only a Few Lymph Nodes

• PET Imaging Reveals Cognitive Impairment Predicted from Plaques

• Earlier Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Attained with New PET Tracers

• Favorable Outcomes Seen for Advanced Stage Tonsil Cancer Using Unilateral Radiotherapy

• Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer Patients Offers Long-Term Patient Survival with Optimal Quality of Life

• Dressing Designed to Prevent Skin Reactions During Radiation Therapy

• Dense Breast Tissue Not Problematic for Molecular Breast Imaging

• First Lung Cancer Patients Treated Using MRI-Guided Radiotherapy

• Brachytherapy Provides Lower Rate of Breast Preservation for Older Women

• Cherenkov Effect Breakthrough Allows Clinicians to Visualize Radiotherapy in Body

• Collaboration with Algeria to Expand Cancer Treatment Services

• Using Sugar-Based Tracers to Improve Detecting Heart Disease with PET

• IMRT Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer May Be Superior to Standard Radiation

• Radiotherapy Advances Result in More Targeted Treatments, Less Harm to Healthy Tissue

• Advances in Imaging Software Reduce Patient Wait Times and Helps Hospital Staff Increase Efficiency

• Metastasized Melanoma Patients Can Benefit from SPECT Imaging

• Powder Developed to Enhance NMR Signals for Faster, Better Structure Determination and Early Cancer MRI Diagnosis