PET-CT Scanning at UAMS

Nuclear Medicine Research     PET-CT Scan Research     PET-CT Scan Equipment      Faculty     Nuclear Medicine Program Information

We have an active clinical service, currently doing scans to diagnose, stage, restage, and monitor treatment in a variety of conditions, including (but not limited to): 

1. Lung Cancer (non-small cell, especially)   view image
2. Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
3. Breast Cancer
4. Esophageal Cancer
5. Head and Neck Cancer (other than brain or thyroid)   view image
6. Colorectal Cancer (including evaluation of effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases)
7. Lymphoma   view images
8. Melanoma
9. Thyroid Cancer
10. Brain tumors (especially differentiation of long-term radiation injury from tumor recurrence)
11. Seizure focus localization   view image
12. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
13. Multiple Myeloma (we currently have the world’s largest series of FDG PET scanning on Multiple Myeloma, with over 1,500 cases) and related plasma cell dyscrasias (i.e. Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance – MGUS, solitary plasmacytoma, plasma cell leukemia, etc.)   view image

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