The result was a significant reduction in the skin cancer lesions, as well as a sizable reduction in melanoma tumors that had spread to the lungs. (sciencedaily.com)
The benefits were consistent across age groups, and could change how doctors identify and sample cancer lesions. (sciencedaily.com)
Adding this variable angle slant hole collimator to an existing breast molecular imaging system allows the system to get six times better contrast of cancer lesions in the breast, providing the same or better image quality while also potentially reducing the radiation dose to the patient by half. (sciencedaily.com)