Certain tumor types do not remain at their point of origin but spread throughout the body and form metastases.

Melanoma, one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer, often metastasizes to bones, causing severe bone loss, an increased risk of fractures, and significant pain.

Melanoma, one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer, often metastasizes to bones, causing severe bone loss, an increased risk of fractures, and significant pain. Bone metastasis is associated ...

A 19-year-old student's persistent knee pain, initially dismissed as a minor ache, turned out to be a rare and aggressive ...

Bone pain. Joint pain. Bone swelling. These are symptoms that about 1,000 people in the United States begin to feel each year ...

When it comes to diagnosing bone-related conditions, nuclear medicine bone scans have become a crucial tool in modern healthcare. These ...

In the 2024 JAMA Network Open study, 2 upfront or reflex PSMA-PET was estimated to diagnose more patients with metastasis compared with conventional bone scan alone: 611 and 630 vs 297.

More than 56,000 people are waiting for a “dexa” scan to measure their bone density and it is hoped the new scanners will stop lives being ruined by debilitating conditions. The announcement ...

Tens of thousands of patients with osteoporosis will be diagnosed faster thanks to government plans to boost the number of bone density scans. In a boost to the Mail on Sunday's War on ...

More than half of cancer patients in whom the cancer spreads beyond the primary site have lung metastases. What makes the lungs such a tempting place for cancer cells? To find out, the team of Prof.