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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Vanderbilt First to Use Specialized PET/CT Scan to Uncover Cancerous Tumors



"....The 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT scan offers higher resolution and sensitivity locating tumors. Although performed in Europe, this specialized type of radiologic scan has been viewed in the U.S. as offering only limited benefit to a small number of cancer patients. However a recent increase of neuroendocrine cancers seen at Vanderbilt led Walker and his associates to more widely apply usage of this new technology...."

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