PET Can Help Guide Treatment Decisions For A Common Pediatric Cancer, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Study

ScienceDaily (Aug. 20, 2009) — A new study published in the August issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) is an important tool for depicting the extent of neuroblastoma in some patients, particularly for those in the early stages of the disease. Neuroblastoma accounts for six to ten percent of all childhood cancers in the United States and 15 percent of cancer deaths in children.

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