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.

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