PET/CT Brings Hope for Future
To wrap up my blog, I’d like to highlight two exciting ways that the use of PET imaging is evolving: Medical isotopes are being …
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Interpreting PET/CT Images to Offer the Best Cancer Treatment
Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography, or PET/CT, is an imaging method that uses a sophisticated machine to generate images of patients following the injection of …
Dr. Pete Tonseth: A Passion for Radiology
Hello, my name is Dr. Pete Tonseth and I’m very pleased to be sharing a bit about myself on the BC Cancer Foundation blog …
Early Detection Research at the BC Cancer Agency
Hello, Dr. Rasika Rajapakshe here and I am glad to be back for Week 2 as the BC Cancer Foundation’s guest blogger! Today I …
BrainCare Part II: World-Class Expertise and Technology
Without embellishment, BrainCare has managed to create a brain tumour diagnosis/surgery/treatment paradigm that I believe is unique in the world. Perhaps this is simply …
Philanthropy Supporting Lung Cancer Research
Much of my research at the BC Cancer Agency would not exist without the philanthropy of our donors. Lung cancer research has traditionally …
What’s in store for functional cancer imaging?
We’ve been fortunate to have PET/CT imaging for patients with suspected or diagnosed cancer for the past five years. However, demand has been growing, …
Functional Cancer Imaging research
Another part of my work is to lead an active research group on “Functional Cancer Imaging.” The purpose of my research is to improve …
Radiopharmaceutical facility officially opens!
I’m excited because yesterday we officially celebrated the opening of the cyclotron and the radiopharmaceutical facility at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre of Excellence …
What’s a PET/CT scan?
As a nuclear medicine physician, I help patients by reading a special type of scan to detect cancers called a