IPET in the Media

The Vancouver Sun--July 10, 2003
Body scans for cancer patients prove safe, accurate (pdf)
"A $200,000 clinical trial involving 75 B.C. cancer patients has shown body scans that use radioactive glucose tracer agents to find malignancies are safe, accurate..."

BC Business Magazine--March 2002
Killers Within
"What if you could spot cancer before it was too late?"

National Post--November 17, 2001
Canada's medical system lacks many bells and whistles
"Canadians have virtually no access to the most advanced diagnostic test in the world, considered by health experts..."

National Post--September 4, 2001
PET scans crucial for finding breast cancer, study says
"A U.S. study shows doctors change the way they treat 60% of advanced breast cancer patients after viewing results from a PET scan..."

The Globe and Mail--August 11, 2001
Ottawa ruling gives boost to private health care...
"Health Canada appears to be creating an opening for private health care by giving a Vancouver-based company permission to..."

The Toronto Star--July 10, 2001
B.C. company offers medical test for a price
"A Vancouver company is planning to offer a specialized high-tech medical test to patients in Toronto..."

La Presse (Montreal)--July 10, 2001
Nombre de TEP dans les hôpitaux: Québec sera fixé sous peu

National Post--July 9, 2001
PET scans to be available--for $2,500
"Private firm to offer effective cancer test..."

National Post--July 9, 2001
Health Care Pursuit
"...politicians and commissions studying the future of public health care should welcome competition and for-profit health care..."

National Post--July 6, 2001
Doctors demand more high-tech cancer scanners
"A new report confirms that a diagnostic scanner widely used in the United States but almost unavailable in Canada is highly effective ..."

Georgia Straight--June 21-28, 2001
Group seeks funding for cancer-detecting PET scan
"The future of early cancer diagnosis rests in the use of positron emission tomography..."

The Vancouver Sun--June 11, 2001
Cancer agency seeks funds for popular PET scan
"Experts say the technology could save money by stopping unnecessary treatment..."

The Globe and Mail--March 10, 2001
Is yours the right address?
"One of medicine's hottest new diagnostic tools is available to patients in Vancouver..."

Canadian Medical Association Journal--Nov. 23, 2000
Vancouver home to Canada's first privately owned PET-scanning clinic
"The first private positron emission tomography (PET) scanning clinic in Canada offering full-body scans is open..."

The Vancouver Sun--November 9, 2000
Total-body scans launched in B.C...
"The most advanced diagnostic technology for cancers and diseases of the brain and heart is now available in Vancouver..."

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Press Releases

Results of new tests show PET scans help treat cancer more effectively
July 8, 2003

IPET and B.C. Cancer Agency join forces to promote the use of PET scans for cancer patients.
April 10, 2002

Vancouver to host Canada's first clinical P.E.T. conference
June 6, 2001

PETScan Centre offers highly accurate technology for detecting cancers
November 7, 2000

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