Introduction Positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance (PETMR) is a new hybrid imaging modality that has recently been introduced in clinical practice for oncologic imaging and is increasingly being used in various clinical indications. PET-MR unifies the complementary capabilities of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and PET in a single imaging modality. Excellent anatomical and morpholog...

Lung cancer has for many years been a disease with poor prognosis and still is. However, new techniques for diagnostic procedures and the introduction of new treatment alternatives give hope that the near future will bring maybe not cure for all patients but the possibility to turn the disease from a killer with a short life expectancy to a disease of chronic nature for which various treatment ...

Whole body (WB) imaging plays an essential role in the management of lymphoma patients, including defining the full extent of the disease at baseline, allowing for an accurate staging and therefore an adapted treatment strategy, assessing treatment response and detecting relapse. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) has long been the imaging technique most commonly used for staging and fo...

The Extramedullary Plasmacytomas (EP) are rare tumors originating from plasmacells of the soft tissues outside of the bone. For a correct diagnosis biopsy is mandatory and CT or MRI is necessary. We report a case of a 62 year-old man, who underwent to otolaryngologist visit for nose bleeding. A peduncolated right palatine tonsillar lesion was diagnosed. The nasopharyngeal examination revealed a...

lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer related deaths in australia and worldwide. Despite recent advances in screening, diagnosis and treatment, long-term overall survival of lung cancer remains poor. surgery, either alone or as part of a multimodality treatment regimen, plays an important role in the management of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer. complete surgical resection of...