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#radiology #consultant. #information regarding #Nuclear medicine #PETCT scans and other #imaging modalities that involve #radiation exposure.

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#nuclearmedicine #petscan #rptherapy #sarcoma | The Journal of Nuclear Medicine - JNM ⁶⁸Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT may be a more accurate PET tracer for diagnosing and staging solitary fibrous tumors than ¹⁸F-FDG, with a higher detection rate and tumor uptake in most organs involved. https://ow...

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10.04.2025 20:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This opens a whole new world for PET!!!

27.02.2025 22:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pancreatic cancer is notoriously hard to treat, with a mortality rate of about 90%.

In today’s episode,  we talk with a scientist  who is fighting the cancer with an mRNA vaccine.

Listen here 🎧:
https://buff.ly/3ES4ndw

26.02.2025 19:19 — 👍 11727    🔁 2323    💬 263    📌 192

Aaaaawwww is that all you got? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 no wonder Trump loved the lesser educated 🤣🤣🤣

25.02.2025 20:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Faith? Huh? He is the one who authorized "operation warp speed". Over 6 billion people vaccinated. Statistically speaking, you are lying.

25.02.2025 20:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

@jeanniepf.bsky.social just to remind you, it was your boy Trump who approved the manufacturing of those vaccines and it was him who cut the red tape to rush those vaccine productions.

25.02.2025 19:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Why are you calling it "so called"? They are actual boosters. Maybe you should be in truth social where facts don't matter.

25.02.2025 18:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So called? What it is then?

23.02.2025 03:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Center for Devices and Radiological Health hit with federal job cuts Following the mass layoffs, labeled “the Valentine’s Day Massacre” by some, many have expressed concern with how the move could impact patient care, AI research and more.

Following the mass layoffs, deemed “the Valentine’s Day Massacre” by some, many in the field expressed concern with how the move could negatively impact patient care.
healthimaging.com/topics/healt...

21.02.2025 03:38 — 👍 18    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

Xray machines are never radioactive

20.02.2025 23:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A pancreatic cancer blood test called PAC-MANN could spot the disease early The test relies on a magnetic nanoparticle linked to fluorescent molecules to detect pancreatic cancer proteins.

A pancreatic cancer blood test called PAC-MANN could spot the disease early. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal cancers and can be hard to diagnose.
www.sciencenews.org/article/panc...

17.02.2025 04:08 — 👍 48    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0

Go to the ER!!!

16.02.2025 19:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Pluvicto safe in patients with impaired kidneys Lu-177 prostate-specific membrane antigen-617 (Lu-177 PSMA-617, Pluvicto) may be safely delivered in patients with impaired renal function.

This is great news for patients!!! This is part of an "emerging" field of theranostics (I say emerging due to new aparition of new products in recent years, but radioactive iodine therapies have been done for a long time)
www.auntminnie.com/clinical-new...

16.02.2025 16:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You go ahead!! Congrats!!

16.02.2025 01:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is great news. #PET/CT is an amazing modality for the #detection of #Alzheimers disease. This amazing news for the modality and #advancements in scanners and #radiotracers

16.02.2025 01:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Completely wrong.

08.02.2025 13:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) on LinkedIn: The SNMMI-TS/Telix AND SNMMI/AMI Entry Level Nuclear Medicine Technology… The SNMMI-TS/Telix AND SNMMI/AMI Entry Level Nuclear Medicine Technology Scholarships are now open!! Don't forget to lean more and apply at:…

If you know anyone #unemployed/#underpaid, considering a #career change, take advantage of this!! Currently there is a huge shortage of #nuclear medicine #technologists.
www.linkedin.com/posts/societ...

31.01.2025 23:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
PSMA Radiotheranostics in Prostate Cancer: Principles, Practice, and Future Prospects. Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in men, with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer presenting a substantial treatment challenge. The authors focuse on prostate...

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31.01.2025 17:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Nuclear Medicine Helps Woman Overcome Thyroid Cancer
YouTube video by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Nuclear Medicine Helps Woman Overcome Thyroid Cancer

#ICYMI: SNMMI Patient Advocacy Advisory Board member Brittany Mckelvey appeared on WJLA - DC to talk about how nuclear medicine scans helped her overcome thyroid cancer. Hear her story here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nM0...

30.01.2025 19:42 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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FDA Approves New IV Maintenance Dosing for Alzheimer Treatment Lecanemab Once-monthly maintenance dosing with LEQEMBI offers convenience for patients and caregivers while slowing Alzheimer disease progression and prolonging therapy benefits after plaque clearance.

www.neurologylive.com/view/fda-app...

28.01.2025 05:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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PET scan times can be reduced in Alzheimer’s patients F-18 florbetaben PET scans for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease can be reduced from 20 minutes to five minutes without losing accuracy.

www.auntminnie.com/clinical-new...

26.01.2025 06:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Prospective Head-to-Head Comparison of 18F-PSMA PET/CT and 18F-NaF PET/CT for Assessing Bone Metastases in 160 Patients with Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Prostate Cancer Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT is increasingly used for primary staging in prostate cancer (PC), mainly because of its improved accuracy in detecting lymph node metastases compared w...

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26.01.2025 06:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's my goal

26.01.2025 01:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Some help to #hospital #administrators. The US is experiencing a huge #shortage of #Nuclear Medicine, #PETCT and #CT #technologists. Most #hospitals are depending on #agencies to #staff their #departments temporarily. Stop nickle and diming #candidates. YOU have a need, #Technologists have options.

24.01.2025 20:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's not what a warrant does...

24.01.2025 19:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cancer cells ‘poison’ the immune system with tainted mitochondria Immune cells lose their cancer-fighting prowess after taking tumours’ organelles on board.

Really interesting paper 🧪 🤩

Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer 😮

Ikeda et al find that #mitochondria from cancer cells can #transfer over to T cells - altering their #metabolism & reducing antitumour immunity

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@nature.com

23.01.2025 18:42 — 👍 1245    🔁 260    💬 38    📌 12

@aoc.bsky.social thank you!! Can ya'll start suing ICE for not having a system in place during the raids to identify citizens or documented migrants?

24.01.2025 19:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
seem.to This domain may be for sale!

@booker.senate.gov has anyone sued the federal government for not having a system in place to indentify citizens and legal residents in these raids? Given the raids seem to be a form of discrimination based on someone's language or color of their skin?

24.01.2025 19:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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SNMMI Procedure Standard/EANM Practice Guideline for Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) PET The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology, and practical application...

SNMMI and EANM have released a procedure standard/practice guidelines for the use of fibroblast activation protein to assist providers in recommending and performing FAP PET, and interpreting and reporting the results of the imaging studies. 🧵

jnm.snmjournals.org/content/66/1...

24.01.2025 15:22 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Positron partners with Upbeat Cardiology Solutions to improve cardiac PET/CT access Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services.

cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/cardi...

23.01.2025 11:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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