One of the primary tools that oncologists use to stage cancers is the PET (positron emission tomography) scan, an imaging test that uses a small amount of radioactive sugar to detect metabolically ...

While PET scans have been used to predict Hodgkin lymphoma outcomes, adding Adcetris to frontline therapy improved outcomes for patients, regardless of their results. Adding Adcetris (brentuximab ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My father just started chemotherapy for lymphoma, and he is scheduled for a positron emission tomography, or PET scan, after his first three treatments. How do doctors decide when to ...

For patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), PET/CT scans conducted in the first cycle of salvage therapy can predict for response, according to a study. Results of a prospective study of ...

The silver lining here is that I had cancer, which helped me detect my other cancer. It seems crazy to be making that ...