Life Sciences

Researchers from University of Pittsburgh, Medical Department provide details of new studies and findings in the area of life sciences

Published in Drug Law Weekly, February 17th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "FDG PET/CT is widely accepted in diagnosing and staging various malignancies. However. the usefulness of PET in detecting urothelial tumors has been disputed because of high physiologic FDG excretion into the urinary bladder. Various techniques like bladder irrigation and furosemide administration have been employed to improve the diagnostic yield of PET."

"We report a patient who underwent PET/CT for staging or non-small cell lung cancer. Initial review of PET images in the pelvis was unremarkable, whereas the CT images revealed an exophytic lesion in the urinary bladder. Re-examination of the PET images under a low...

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Source: Drug Law Weekly (2009-02-17)

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