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Patterns of failure after radical prostatectomy in prostate cancer – implications for radiation therapy planning after 68Ga-PSMA-PET imaging: Beyond the Abstract
68Ga-PSMA-PET imaging seems to be becoming the new state-of-the-art imaging modality in prostate cancer. Especially in a salvage setting, it is often doubtful where sites of recurrence may be. Now this research intends to somewhat clear that question by uncovering typical sites of recurrence after prostatectomy. Read more.
Underutilization of Brain Amyloid Scans Drives Cost and Hurts Alzheimer’s Disease Care
Research highlights the clinical value of amyloid-ß PET scans, which detect the presence of amyloid-beta plaques in the brain - one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. Studies also revealed an underutilization of amyloid-ß PET imaging in clinical care, contributing to misdiagnosis of dementia. Read more.
Poor Sleep Tied to Alzheimer-Related Pathology
Sleep health may be target for early intervention
Self-reported poor sleep was associated with a greater presence of several cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a cross-sectional study.
Disrupted sleep or lack of sleep has previously been linked to a greater risk for brain amyloid plaque on PET imaging, but the study is among the first to show an association between poor sleep and amyloid and other biological markers for Alzheimer’s disease in the spinal fluid, wrote Barbara Bendlin, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and colleagues. Read more.
Comparative diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT for breast cancer recurrence
Abstract
In the last decades, in addition to conventional imaging techniques and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) has been shown to be relevant in the detection and management of breast cancer recurrence in doubtful cases in selected groups of patients. While there are no conclusive data indicating that imaging tests, including FDG PET/CT, produce a survival benefit in asymptomatic patients, FDG PET/CT can be useful for identifying the site of relapse when traditional imaging methods are equivocal or conflicting and for identifying or confirming isolated loco-regional relapse or isolated metastatic lesions. Read more.
Will PET and SPECT become ‘go-to’ imaging methods for the brain?
Dr. Robert S. Miletich, interim chair and professor at the Jacobs School of Medicine at the University at Buffalo, believes that nuclear medicine will one day be as important to neuroscience as it is to cardiology. Read more.