Has cancer spread? Research identifies best way to find answers so treatment can begin
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 08:56
in Health & Medicine
For patients with head and neck cancer, accurately determining how advanced the cancer is and detecting secondary cancers usually means undergoing numerous tests - until now. New Saint Louis University research has found that the PET-CT scanner can be used as a stand-alone tool to detect secondary cancers, which occur in 5 to 10 percent of head and neck cancer patients.