BIOENGINEER

PSMA PET/CT Outperforms Bone Scans for Prostate Cancer Spread, Threshold Study Finds

A head-to-head study of 108 prostate cancer patients shows gallium-68 PSMA PET/CT detects bone metastases far more accurately ...
BIOENGINEER

AI Models Predict Bone Scan Outcomes Before Imaging, but Time May Erode Their Accuracy

Researchers in Beijing built logistic regression and XGBoost models that predict bone scintigraphy diagnostic categories before scanning, finding that probability calibration restores reliability ...
Medical Xpress

Bone scans overstage prostate cancer at initial staging compared with PSMA PET: Study

Bone scans have been found to overstage prostate cancer at initial staging compared to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET, according to new research published in the November issue of the ...
Southeast Missourian

Some heart and cancer tests put off because of shortage of radioactive ingredient needed for scans

NEW YORK -- Thousands of patients are facing delays in crucial medical tests because of a shortage of a radioactive substance used in those examinations -- all because of the shutdown of one nuclear ...
EurekAlert!

Bone scans overstage prostate cancer at initial staging compared with PSMA PET

Figure 1. A 74-y-old man at initial staging with PSMA PET that demonstrates low uptake in primary tumor (A, arrowhead) and left pelvic side wall node (A, arrow). Bone scan was read as positive by 2 of ...