PET scans confirm effectiveness of estrogen-blocking drugs in breast cancer patients
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
For the first time, researchers at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance have demonstrated the feasibility of using serial positron emission tomography (PET) scans, using a special estrogen-containing isotope, to confirm the relative effectiveness of estrogen-blocking and estrogen-depleting therapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer. The results of the research are published online in Clinical Cancer Research.