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  • My Prostate Cancer Story – Treating What You See

    Being your own patient advocate is an important investment to the steps and timeliness of your cancer diagnosis and treatment. Being informed of the most advanced tools can make a big difference on what your doctor sees and what your doctor is treating. Learn more from a personal patient testimony.

  • Could an emerging type of brain PET scan make life better for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients?

    Could an emerging type of brain PET scan make life better for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients?

    Provision Diagnostic Imaging and Genesis Neuroscience are teaming up in a nationwide study exploring how an emerging type of brain PET scan can help improve diagnosis and care for patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia. The New IDEAS (Imaging Dementia – Evidence for Amyloid Scanning) study, conducted by the Alzheimer’s Association and American College of Radiology,…

  • Understanding the benefits of PET Imaging in Oncology

    Understanding the benefits of PET Imaging in Oncology

    Positron Emission Tomography, or PET imaging provides several benefits in oncology. PET permits a physician to accurately image many organs of the body with a single scan to detect malignancy. PET has demonstrated usefulness in cost-effective, whole-body metastatic surveys, allowing patients to avoid biopsies. The benefits of PET include non-invasive differentiation of tumors from radiation…

  • Men’s health awareness should include cancer screenings

    Men’s health awareness should include cancer screenings

    June is Men’s Health Awareness month, a time to remember that keeping tabs on your health can pay long-term dividends. Cancer screenings can play an important role in health awareness, particularly for those at risk of certain types of cancer. Catching and treating cancer in its early stages improves the prognosis for remission and long-term survival. This is…

  • How medical imaging helps shape the cancer patient experience

    How medical imaging helps shape the cancer patient experience

    Every year in early November, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) celebrates National Radiologic Technology Week. It’s an opportunity to recognize the crucial role that medical imaging professionals play in patient care and safety. The celebration takes place during the week of November 8, which is the day Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the X-ray…