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Samuel J Galgano

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Verified email at uabmc.edu
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Financial implications of biparametric prostate MRI

KK Porter, A King, SJ Galgano, RL Sherrer… - Prostate cancer and …, 2020 - nature.com
Background Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MP-MRI) targeted biopsy has been
shown to identify more clinically-significant cancers and reduce the detection of clinically-…

[HTML][HTML] The role of imaging in bladder cancer diagnosis and staging

SJ Galgano, KK Porter, C Burgan, S Rais-Bahrami - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bladder cancer (BC) is the most common cancer of the urinary tract in the United States.
Imaging plays a significant role in the management of patients with BC, including the …

Imaging for response assessment in cancer clinical trials

AG Sorace, AA Elkassem, SJ Galgano, SE Lapi… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of biomarkers is integral to the routine management of cancer patients, including
diagnosis of disease, clinical staging and response to therapeutic intervention. Advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Defining oligometastatic disease in the new era of PSMA-PET imaging for primary staging of prostate cancer

SJ Galgano, AM McDonald, JT West, S Rais-Bahrami - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Oligometastatic prostate cancer has classically been defined as a small
volume of prostate cancer spread as defined by imaging using CT, MRI, and bone scans. With …

Imaging of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: Monitoring Treatment Response—AJR Expert Panel Narrative Review

SJ Galgano, A Iravani, L Bodei… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) encompass a broad spectrum of tumors throughout the
body and range in biologic behavior from indolent to aggressive. Consequently, a wide …

ACR appropriateness criteria® left lower quadrant pain-suspected diverticulitis

SJ Galgano, MM McNamara, CM Peterson… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the relevant literature regarding imaging of suspected diverticulitis
as an etiology for left lower quadrant pain, and imaging of complications of acute diverticulitis…

Applications of PET/MRI in abdominopelvic oncology

SJ Galgano, CE Calderone, C Xie, EN Smith… - Radiographics, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
With PET/MRI, the strengths of PET and MRI are combined to allow simultaneous image
acquisition and near-perfect image coregistration. MRI is increasingly being used for staging …

18F-sodium fluoride PET: history, technical feasibility, mechanism of action, normal biodistribution, and diagnostic performance in bone metastasis detection …

K Ahuja, H Sotoudeh, SJ Galgano… - Journal of nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
The skeleton is the third most common site for metastasis overall, after the lungs and liver.
Accurate diagnosis of osseous metastasis is critical for initial staging, treatment planning, …

Utility of 18F-Fluciclovine PET/MRI for Staging Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Prostate Cancer and Evaluating Response to Initial Androgen Deprivation Therapy: A …

SJ Galgano, AM McDonald… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
BACKGROUND. Despite advances in prostate cancer treatment, rates of biochemical
recurrence remain high, relating to lack of detection of small-volume metastatic disease using …

Traumatic pancreatitis

KG Sharbidre, SJ Galgano, DE Morgan - Abdominal Radiology, 2020 - Springer
Post-traumatic pancreatitis can develop secondary to blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma,
post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or following pancreatic surgery. …