Referring Physicians

Cancer Imaging

Cancer imaging involves the use of molecular imaging technology to accurately diagnose, manage and treat many types of cancer.

Cancer imaging, or tumor imaging, allows physicians to:

Identify Tumor Properties and Growth
Tumor imaging allows physicians to accurately characterize a tumor’s biological properties and to select the treatment most likely to be effective based on the tumor’s characteristics.
Monitor Treatment
Molecular imaging can provide much quicker information about treatment effectiveness. For example, a PET Scan allows physicians to see within days of treatment how the tumor was affected by the therapy. CT scans can only show if cancer cells are still active by waiting for an increase in size, which shows up months later.
Treat the Tumor
Through radioimmunotherapy, physicians can deliver concentrated, cell-killing doses of radiation directly to the tumor, decreasing radiation exposure to healthy tissue.