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Second Industry Body Updates Guidance for Use of PSMA PET ImagingGlobeNewswireSeptember 21, 2021MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Telix, the Company) has today welcomed the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) updated Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. The updated AUC, developed following a critical review of evidence by leading experts to guide referring and imaging physicians on the appropriate use of imaging agents, recognise a widespread use of PSMA PET in men with prostate cancer including that PSMA PET-based imaging has a higher accuracy in the initial staging evaluation of men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer than conventional imaging (bone scan and CT).
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