ScienceDaily (Jan. 12, 2010) — A combined positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan of the whole body appears to detect cancer in individuals with related neurologic complications more accurately than some other commonly used tests, according to a report posted online that will appear in the March print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Paraneoplastic neurologic disorders occur in some people with cancer -- including lung, breast...

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Oncology Social Workers Report 'Uncertain' and 'Unknown' Cancers Significantly Increase Patient Distress


- Survey of AOSW Members Highlights Need for Resources, Education, Better Diagnostic Tools to Reduce Psychological Impact of Unknown Cancer Diagnoses -

SAVANNAH, Ga., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer patients whose primary cancer type is "uncertain" or "unknown" may experience more distress than patients whose primary cancer is definitively diagnosed,...

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March 10, 2009

By ANDREW POLLACK

When Jo Symons was found to have cancer, there was an extra complication: doctors could not tell what type of cancer she had.

Tumors were found in her neck, chest and lymph nodes. But those tumors had spread there from someplace else, and her doctors could not determine whether the original site was the breast, the colon, the ovary or some other organ. Without that knowledge, they could not offer optimal treatment.
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