A new cancer-detection scanning modality

Texas_wedge
Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
in Kidney Cancer #1

Yesterday my Daughter drew my attention to some new work in the UK that promises great savings in the field of cancer detection.  Instead of using radioactive sugar in PET scanning, non-radioactive sugar can be used, far less expensively, in conjunction with MRI scans.  This could have a big impact on the numbers. the speed, the hassle of such procedures.

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  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #2

    I meant to say that the work has excellent credentials:

     

    The study was carried out by researchers from University College London (UCL) and other research centres in the UK. It was funded by King's College London and UCL Comprehensive Cancer Imaging Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research Cancer Imaging Centre, Cancer Research UK, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Medical Research Council, the Department of Health, and the British Heart Foundation.

    It was published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine.

  • NanoSecond
    NanoSecond Member Posts: 653
    #3
    Texas_wedge said:

    I meant to say that the work has excellent credentials:

     

    The study was carried out by researchers from University College London (UCL) and other research centres in the UK. It was funded by King's College London and UCL Comprehensive Cancer Imaging Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research Cancer Imaging Centre, Cancer Research UK, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Medical Research Council, the Department of Health, and the British Heart Foundation.

    It was published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine.

    Sugar Makes Cancer Light Up in MRI's

    Here is the actual paper:

    http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cabi/PDF/2013_Walker-Samuel_et_al._Nature_Medicine.pdf

    And here is a link to the PR about it:

    http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cabi/publications/press/07_07_2013

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