Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD A PET scan is often used to help determine a cancer diagnosis. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan uses a tracer with low levels of radiation to find ...

Prostate cancer that spreads or comes back after treatment is often small and hard to detect. A new test called a PSMA PET scan makes these tumors easier to spot. Learn more.

Vitale, 85, has now overcome cancer four times in three years. He completed a six-week radiation treatment in 2023 to address vocal cord cancer, which resulted in Vitale missing the 2023-24 season.

Malo spent time in the hospital in January after developing the hernia. He also announced in January that he had surgery on ...

PET scan results can help doctors spot any atypical growths in the body and determine if a lump is cancer or a benign tumor. Because a PET scan also shows the exact location and size of the tumor ...

If you have colon cancer it may spread to your bones. Learn the signs, which bones most likely to be affected, diagnosis, treatment options, and how to care for weakened bones.

We can use the PET scan to make radiotherapy planning more accurate, and finally, it can be used for surveillance,” he said.Nduta's experience is not unique.Across the country, cancer patients ...

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Two simple, at-home screening tests for colon cancer that check for tiny amounts blood in your stool are the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) and guaiac fecal occult blood test (gFOBT). Blood in your ...

Data analysis included 182 patients who had a median pre-scan PSA level of 2.6 ng/mL Overall, 84% of the patients had positive PSMA-PET/CT results, including 80% (73 of 91) after radical ...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., May 30, 2025--GE HealthCare announced that the NCCN Guidelines for Clinical Oncology now recommend FES PET for systemic staging in patients with metastatic ILC.