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Biotech / Medical : COMPUTERIZED THERMAL IMAGING (COII)- research only -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: chirodoc who wrote (79)2/8/1999 9:40:00 PM
From: chirodoc  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 256
 
higher metabolism = higher likelihood of breast cancer
that's what coii tests!

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Medscape Womens Health 1998 Nov;3(6):5
Innovations in breast cancer imaging: PET for diagnosis and follow-up.

Adler LP, Bakale G, Schnur KC, Shenk RR
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C, USA.

Could positron emission tomography (PET), which identifies the higher metabolism of malignant tumors, become the noninvasive test needed to assess the thousands of falsely positive mammograms? Could serial scans be used to evaluate response to chemotherapy? This team examines the data on current and potential uses of PET.