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  1. Brain tumor - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    A PET scan may be most helpful for detecting brain tumors that are growing quickly. Examples include glioblastomas and some oligodendrogliomas. Brain tumors ...

  2. A Study Using Gallium-68 PSMA-11 and C-11 Choline PET Imaging to Detect Metastatic Prostate Cancer in Patients - Mayo Clinic

    The purpose of this study is to examine PSMA and C-11 Choline PET in patients with suspected metastatic prostate cancer who have been imaged with 11C-Choline ...

  3. PiB PET Scanning in Speech and Language Based Dementias - Mayo Clinic

    The study is designed to determine whether there are clinical features that can be used as biomarkers to predict whether underlying Alzheimer's pathology is the ...

  4. Mayo Gets FDA Approval for New Imaging Agent for Recurrent Prostate Cancer: Urology

    Kwon, M.D., explains the value of Choline C-11 PET scan test.

  5. Radiopharmaceuticals - Mayo Clinic

    Examples include single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) scans and positron emission tomography (PET) scans. Examples of nuclear medicine imaging ...

  6. Copper cu 64 dotatate (intravenous route) - Side effects & uses - Mayo Clinic

    Copper Cu 64 dotatate injection is used with a PET scan (positron emission tomography) for localization of somatostatin receptor positive neuroendocrine tumors ...

  7. How Alzheimer's is diagnosed - Mayo Clinic

    There are different types of PET scans. The most commonly used PET scan is a fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET scan. This scan can identify brain regions with ...

  8. Lung cancer screening - Mayo Clinic

    ... imaging tests, such as a positron emission tomography (PET) scan. Other health problems. Your lung cancer screening test may detect other lung and heart ...

  9. FDG-PET/CT in Assessing the Tumor and Planning Neck Surgery in Patients With Newly Diagnosed H&N Cancer - Mayo Clinic

    About this study. RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as fludeoxyglucose F 18-PET/CT scan, may help doctors find head and neck cancer and find out how ...

  10. Prostate cancer recurrence - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    These other scans include choline C-11 PET scan. They may be used if PSMA PET and other imaging tests don't find the cancer. Other imaging tests. Other tests ...