nuclear medicine
- n the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells
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- Breast cancer: PET and MR predict chemotherapy's ability to prolong life
( Society of Nuclear Medicine ) For patients with advanced breast cancer, positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging can improve quality of life and survival by providing physicians with information on the effectiveness of chemotherapy prior to surgery, say researchers presenting at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
June 11, 2013 - EurekAlert! - Radioimmunotherapy could extend lives of advanced lymphoma patients
( Society of Nuclear Medicine ) A new patient protocol for aggressive and recurrent lymphoma that combines intensive chemotherapy and radioimmunotherapy may become the most powerful cancer-killing therapy available, with the hope that patients' lymphoma can be eradicated as they prepare for bone marrow transplant, say researchers at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and ...
June 11, 2013 - EurekAlert! - Johns Hopkins Nuclear Medicine Specialist Receives International Award
A Johns Hopkins expert in brain imaging, Dean F. Wong, M.D., Ph.D., has been honored with the prestigious 2013 Paul C. Aebersold Award for his contributions over the past 30 years in applying basic science to the field of nuclear medicine.
June 10, 2013 - Newswise