Changes in fluorescence emission of the serum from patients with various cancers are characterized. The measurement of fluorescence emission of serum in the UVvisible range allows by estimation of NAD(P)H levels to monitor the alterations in energy metabolism, resulting from changes in the level of coenzymes in serum associated with neoplastic diseases. Introduction Over the past years, f luore...

OBJECTIVES The proper nodal staging of non-small cell lung cancer is important for choosing the best treatment modality. Although computed tomography remains the first-line imaging test for the primary staging of lung cancer, its limitations for mediastinum nodal staging are well known. The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of hybrid single-photon emission computed tomography and co...

Aggregation-Induced Emission In article 2202907 by Pengfei Zhang, Ben Zhong Tang, and co-workers, living mitochondria is used as a “submarine” to deliver aggregation-induced emission (AIE) photosenzitizers for killing the target cancer cells hidden in “deep sea” of human body. The therapeutic function AIE can be remotely activated microwave irradiation. external also helpful tumor microenvironm...

Positron emission tomography (PET) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is increasingly used for the staging of solid malignancies, including lung and esophagus. However, controversy still exists in relation to the application of PET in pancreatic cancer. The authors review seven studies (Abstracts #183, #189, #190, #254, #357, #375, #378) presented at the 2014 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Sympo...

PET18FDG is an imaging diagnostic technique that shows changes in glycolitic metabolism that appear at a very early phases in the tumoral process. The main limitation of PET in breast cancer is the detection of small tumor lesions and axillary micrometastases. However it offers important information in the staging of high risk patients, in clinical relapse or in therapeutic evaluation. The new ...

Positron emission mammography (PEM) is a form of positron emission tomography (PET) that uses a high-resolution, mini-camera detection technology for imaging the breast. As with PET, PEM provides functional rather than anatomic information on the breast. This policy will address the use of PEM for presurgical planning and staging, monitoring response to therapy, and monitoring for recurrence of...

The most osteophyl cancer diagnosed amongst women is breast cancer. It’s incidence depends on antecedents, on race, on environment, medication and life quality, but it is arising to all ages and it is not forgiving patient ignorance. Easy, non-harmful ways of cancer detection implemented nowadays, became more accessible for all the possible subjects. The main non-invasive methods of breast abno...

Colorectal cancer is a common malignancy that afflicts many in the western world. Imaging studies are frequently used to evaluate patients in the screening, staging and surveillance of colorectal cancer. Cross sectional imaging studies such as ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging provide anatomic and morphologic information about tumor and patterns of spread. Positron ...

Introduction: Head-and-neck cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide with the number of cases consistently increasing in developing countries. Successful development of effective, safe and cost effective nanoprobes for head-and-neck cancer targeting imaging is a big challenge. This study is aimed to develop cysteamine-folate conjugated gold nanoparticles (F-Cys-AuNPs) a...

PURPOSE The new modality of an integrated positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) has recently been introduced but not validated. Our objective was to evaluate clinical performance of (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) PET/MRI in patients with head and neck cancer. METHODS This retrospective study was conducted between January 2013 and February 2013. Ten patient...