PET scans confirm effectiveness of estrogen-blocking drugs in breast cancer patients

Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 22:30 in Health & Medicine

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of using serial positron emission tomography scans, using a special estrogen-containing isotope, to confirm the relative effectiveness of estrogen-blocking and estrogen-depleting therapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

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