"I'm a big fan of PET scans," says Howard Steinberg, a 41-year-old colon cancer survivor who says a PET scan saved him from unnecessary treatment.

Bruno died from colon cancer in 2009, but not before spearheading an effort to get a PET scanner to Sudbury, Ont. On Wednesday, the Sam Bruno PET Scanner Suite officially opened at Health Sciences ...

The government is making PET scanning available as an insured service this fall, for certain evidence-based health indications, based on results from the Ontario studies of its effectiveness on ...

Until now, Southlake cancer patients had to travel to Toronto, Mississauga or even Sudbury to get a PET scan. “I can tell you that as a former cancer nurse, spending time with people who have been ...

Here’s how the study expands scientists’ understanding of the microbiome’s influence on colorectal cancer development, plus how a focus on colibactin could pave the way for earlier detection ...

New PET-CT scanner will improve access to cancer diagnostics in London, Ont.: LHSC By mtrevithick 980 CFPL Posted October 5, 2022 2:53 pm Updated October 5, 2022 2:55 pm ...

Walsh has been waiting weeks for a PET scan to determine her cancer treatment. The province's lone PET scan machine is located in Saskatoon and wasn't operating for seven days in December.

CT Scans Outperform DNA Stool Tests In Colon Cancer Screening, Study Says By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, June 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — CT scans might be able to prevent more ...

Key Takeaways Colon CT scans might be able to prevent more colon cancers than stool DNA testing Two CT screening approaches outperformed stool DNA testing in computer models CT screening also was ...