A 68-year-old female was investigated for a viral-like illness. Incidentally, an unenhanced chest computed tomography (CT) reported prominent “pericardial varicosities”. She had no cardiac history, was asymptomatic, and had a normal physical examination.
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Corrigendum to “Safety and feasibility of percutaneous pulsed electrical field ablation in multiple organs: A multi-center retrospective study” [Eur. J. Radiol. 187C (2025) 112078]
The authors regret that during the final editing process the conflict of interest forms originally submitted to the journal were not faithfully translated into the final paper. BP, JK, and WM have participated in educational events sponsored by Galvanize Therapeutics Inc. JM has performed consulting for Galvanize Therapeutics Inc. The remaining authors have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Guidelines Recommend Use of FES PET Imaging for Lobular Breast Cancer
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Fri, 05/30/2025 – 16:23
May 30, 2025 — GE HealthCare recently announced that the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for clinicians now recommend considering fluoroestradiol (FES) positron emission tomography (PET) for systemic staging in patients with recurrent or metastatic lobular breast cancer.
GE HealthCare’s Cerianna (fluoroestradiol F18) injection, available in the United States, is the only FDA-approved imaging agent for the detection … -
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