Dr Amy Sharkey, a Radiology Registrar completing a PhD in our School, is working on a clinical study using a new type of PET scan tracer that could change this 👇
🌍 #WorldCancerDay Research Spotlight
Scientists are developing a range of cancer treatments; however, sometimes these treatments don’t work or can stop working, and it can take time for current scans to show this. That delay can impact the options available to patients.
Funded by NPIP, the project's aims include:
🦴 Developing a total-body PET bone blood flow measurement
🔹 Developing new scanning protocols
🟢 Reducing radiation exposure by lowering tracer dose
🫀 Imaging the heart, which will eliminate the need to take blood samples for quantitative analysis