PET scans can examine entire bowel before and during treatment, avoiding risks associated with taking tissue samples
Researchers in Glasgow have identified a new means of diagnosing and treating bowel cancer with imaging technology, avoiding the need for biopsies.
PET scans create a three-dimensional picture of the inside of the body, and researchers believe doing several scans during treatment could help monitor the disease more effectively.Dr David Lewis, of the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute and the University of Glasgow, who led the research, said: “Precision medicine has the potential to revolutionise cancer diagnosis and treatment.
According to Cancer Research UK, about 4,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in Scotland annually, and about 1,800 people diagnosed with the disease die each year.
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