Nuclear Medicine

M-A: Accuracy of Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/ Computerized Tomography for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infections.

21 Jun, 2022 | 10:38h | UTC

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Accuracy of Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/ Computerized Tomography for Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infections – Frontiers in Surgery

 

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Position Paper | Individualized treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer: The value of surgery in combination with radioiodine imaging and therapy.

24 Mar, 2022 | 08:34h | UTC

Individualized treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer: The value of surgery in combination with radioiodine imaging and therapy – A German position paper from Surgery and Nuclear Medicine – Nuclear Medicine

Related: RCT: In patients with low-risk thyroid cancer, thyroidectomy without ablation radioiodine was noninferior to thyroidectomy with ablation radioiodine at 3 years.

 

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Multicenter comparative accuracy trial: Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT vs. positron emission tomography CT to characterize solitary pulmonary nodules.

16 Mar, 2022 | 08:51h | UTC

Abstract: Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT compared with positron emission tomography CT to characterise solitary pulmonary nodules: the SPUtNIk diagnostic accuracy study and economic modelling – Health Technology Assessment

Download: Full Report

 

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Review | Molecular imaging in oncology: Current impact and future directions.

11 Feb, 2022 | 08:12h | UTC

Molecular imaging in oncology: Current impact and future directions – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

 

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Prolonged follow-up of RCT: Emission Tomography–driven strategy in advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma.

19 Jan, 2022 | 08:16h | UTC

Positron Emission Tomography–Driven Strategy in Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma: Prolonged Follow-Up of the AHL2011 Phase III Lymphoma Study Association Study – Journal of Clinical Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

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Consensus Document: Non-invasive imaging in coronary syndromes.

10 Nov, 2021 | 07:11h | UTC

Non-invasive Imaging in Coronary Syndromes — Recommendations of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography, in Collaboration with the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance – European Heart Journal: Cardiovascular Imaging

 

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Consensus Document: Multimodality imaging in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.

10 Nov, 2021 | 07:09h | UTC

Multimodality imaging in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging – European Heart Journal: Cardiovascular Imaging

 

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M-A: Direct comparison of preoperative imaging modalities for localization of primary hyperparathyroidism – “choline PET-CT would be the best preoperative imaging modality for localization of primary hyperparathyroidism”.

6 Jun, 2021 | 23:40h | UTC

Direct Comparison of Preoperative Imaging Modalities for Localization of Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis –

JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (free for a limited period)

Invited commentary: Localization Studies for Parathyroid Surgery (free for a limited period)

 

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RCT: Inclusion of 18F-fluciclovine-PET/CT imaging to guide postprostatectomy salvage radiotherapy in patients with prostate cancer may improve survival free from biochemical recurrence or persistence.

10 May, 2021 | 00:46h | UTC

18F-fluciclovine-PET/CT imaging versus conventional imaging alone to guide postprostatectomy salvage radiotherapy for prostate cancer (EMPIRE-1): a single centre, open-label, phase 2/3 randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

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PET imaging reveals which breast cancer patients won’t respond to hormone therapy

10 Feb, 2021 | 01:09h | UTC

PET Imaging Reveals Which Breast Cancer Patients Won’t Respond to Hormone Therapy – Diagnostic Imaging

Original study: Association of PET-based estradiol-challenge test for breast cancer progesterone receptors with response to endocrine therapy – Nature Communications

 

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