Two years earlier, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I did the rounds: scans, lumpectomy, a margin clean-up, radiation. Eventually, I was declared all-clear. The scars, the tablets, the follow-up ...
By Brandon Henry AFRO Intern For Lisa Johnson, Valerie Fraling and Tiffany Ann Wingate, breast cancer awareness isn’t just a ...
Colette Smith of the Bronx was diagnosed with lung cancer, despite never smoking. Her survival story is central to her push ...
WeGotThis.org founder and author Elissa Kalver wants to reframe the conversation around metastatic breast cancer.
The Brisbane Cancer Conference is a premier oncology meeting that brings together leading international researchers, clinicians and industry experts working in the fields of translational oncology, ...
"Grey's Anatomy" actor James Pickens Jr. saves lives on screen, but says early detection saved his. The actor, who has ...
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET) computed tomography (CT), and whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) are superior to conventional CT and bone scan ...
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Foods to Eat and Foods to Avoid Before a PET Scan
PET scans require dietary preparation, sometimes up to 24 hours before the test, so it's important to know which foods to eat and which foods to avoid before a PET scan.
If you’ve ever had a PET scan, you know it’s an ordeal. The scans help doctors detect cancer and track its spread, but the process itself is a logistical nightmare for patients. It starts with fasting ...
A shelter director who was left heartbroken after losing her beloved cat, Larry, to cancer received an astonishing gift from the universe. In an unbelievable moment, the woman, Elena Alvarez, found a ...
When a radiologist reviewed Deirdre Hall’s mammogram images last summer, everything seemed fine. There were no shadows or lumps or irregular patches that could signal cancer. The doctor gave it a ...
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-PET appeared to cut the risk for treatment failure by half in patients receiving salvage radiotherapy (RT) after radical prostatectomy, without increasing ...
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