'Scout scans' map the way in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment

Monday, June 7, 2010 - 12:31 in Health & Medicine

According to a study presented at SNM's 57th Annual Meeting, molecular imaging can evaluate and optimize non-Hodgkin's lymphoma therapy with Zevalin, a front-line radioimmunotherapy drug that uses a dose of radioactive material and mimics the body's own immune response to target and kill cancer cells while sparing nearby healthy tissues.

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