The results of three studies, released Oct. 21 during a meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association, validated previous research that suggested C-11 choline PET/CT scans can be utilized as a staging and potentially therapeutic tool in prostate cancer.

Integrated Oncology Network has entered into an exclusive alliance agreement with Philips Electronics North America to participate with the Philips Cancer Center Group.

Post-treatment imaging with PET scans has shown promise in predicting which patients with stage II and III inoperable non-small cell lung cancer have aggressive tumors and need additional treatment, according to the preliminary study results reported at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in Miami.

A new method to detect regional lymph node metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer using a virtual fly-through 3D ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT bronchoscopy has been shown to have high diagnostic accuracy, according to research published in the October issue of Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) announced that the name of the two organizations’ combined clinical research alliance will be the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN).  The newly formed entity will conduct research focused on the full cancer care continuum.

Medrad has launched its next generation Intego PET Infusion System.