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09-09-2002, 07:41 AM
Molecular imaging: a needed research tool
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When researchers are besieged with options for testing unproven treatments, molecular imaging can help them select appropriate lesions, patients, or therapeutic interventions for clinical trials, expert Michael Seiden said at the first annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging, which ended here on Monday. Imaging technology, he noted, may in fact help identify "the best therapies, at the best dose, at the best time."
For example, molecular imaging could improve analyses for osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis, eye diseases and neurologic disorders like Alzheimer's disease, according to various speakers at the conference. But Seiden, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard University, suggested that the ideal candidate for testing the role of imaging is ovarian cancer.
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When researchers are besieged with options for testing unproven treatments, molecular imaging can help them select appropriate lesions, patients, or therapeutic interventions for clinical trials, expert Michael Seiden said at the first annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging, which ended here on Monday. Imaging technology, he noted, may in fact help identify "the best therapies, at the best dose, at the best time."
For example, molecular imaging could improve analyses for osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis, eye diseases and neurologic disorders like Alzheimer's disease, according to various speakers at the conference. But Seiden, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard University, suggested that the ideal candidate for testing the role of imaging is ovarian cancer.