Dr. Harry Agress Jr.

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  Harry Agress, Jr., M.D., FACR Chairman, Department of Radiology Director, PET/CT Center
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  Harry Agress, Jr., M.D., FACR
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  Harry Agress, Jr., M.D., FACR
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  Harry Agress, Jr., M.D., FACR

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  Published on: 1/27/2004    Last Visited: 10/27/2007  

  "The unexpected abnormalities we followed up on were significant," said the study's lead author, Harry Agress Jr., M.D., who is director of nuclear medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center's PET center.
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  Dr. Agress said."Patients reported no symptoms in 92 percent of the incidental findings that we confirmed, and the other 8 percent were symptomatic only in retrospect or had been unsuccessfully worked up for symptoms prior to the PET scan."
  
  For instance, in one patient with a lung nodule that was proven benign, an incidental PET abnormality was noted in the breast.In a follow-up mammogram and ultrasound with specific attention to the area of PET abnormality, a subtle cancer was identified and proven by biopsy."If the patient had not received follow-up," Dr. Agress said, "her cancer could have gone undetected until at some time it may have become larger or possibly spread."
  
  Nine abnormalities were benign and three findings were false positives.Of the nine benign lesions, three were considered clinically important due to the potential for local destruction, systemic effects or asymptomatic infection, subsequently requiring surgery or medical therapy.
  
  PET, which identifies areas of abnormal chemical and metabolic action, is rapidly gaining popularity for tumor evaluation and management.According to Dr. Agress, unexpected abnormalities are found with PET because the scans include the entire body, and because PET can frequently identify metabolically active lesions that may not be easily identified as anatomic abnormalities on CT. Abnormal findings on a PET scan can arise from cancer, inflammation or infection.He cautions that PET identifies certain cancers but does not detect all tumors.
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  Benjamin Z. Cooper, M.D., collaborated with Dr. Agress on this study.

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  Published on: 12/14/2006    Last Visited: 3/13/2009  

  Harry Agress, Jr., MD Hackensack Radiology Group PA

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  Published on: 11/26/2007    Last Visited: 12/6/2007  

  Making up the trio was David W. Townsend, PhD, professor of medicine and radiology, director of cancer imaging and Tracer Development Program, University of Tennessee Medical Center; Richard L. Wahl, MD, director of nuclear medicine/PET, Johns Hopkins University; and Harry Agress, MD, director, division of nuclear medicine & PET Center, senior attending radiologist, Hackensack University Medical Center.
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  To present "PET Imaging Protocols and Normal Anatomy/Variants," Agress made it a point to show as well as tell.He had the house lights turned down and told the audience to look at the images rather than take notes.Through a series of images PET and PET/CT, Agress provided examples of patients with various conditions, stages of diagnosis, treatment or recovery, false-positives and factors that affect scans and diagnosis.The images told the story with Agress providing the story behind the story.

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  Harry Agress Jr. '64 Clinical Professor, Columbia UniversityPartner/Attending Radiologist, Hackensack Radiology Group, PA (NY)

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  Harry Agress Jr., M.D.

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  Published on: 2/10/2004    Last Visited: 6/25/2005  

  Dr. Harry Agress Jr., director of nuclear medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, and colleagues reviewed PET scans from 1750 patients who had previously been diagnosed with or suspected of cancer.
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  "Our study suggests that incidental findings at PET warrant a follow-up," said Agress.
  
  Ninety-two per cent of patients with incidental findings reported no symptoms.The remaining 8% were symptomatic according to their retrospective review or had been unsuccessfully worked up for symptoms prior to their PET scans.
  
  Patients in the study would have been treated only for their known cancers while another malignancy remained undiagnosed if the abnormalities disclosed by PET had not been pursued, Agress said.

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  Published on: 2/6/2006    Last Visited: 4/10/2009  

  Harry Agress, MD Hackensack University

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  Diagnostic Imaging RSNA Webcast 2002 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/6/2002    Last Visited: 12/15/2002  

  Dr. Harry Agress Jr., director of PET imaging at Hackensack Radiology in River Edge, NJ, closed the session by outlining the requirements for establishing PET in clinical practice.
  
  After the first 3000 cases, he said, it is necessary to educate both partners and patients about PET, organize staff to mainstream the process from referral to billing, coordinate images digitally through PACS, correlate original imaging studies with PET, and consult with imaging specialists, technicians, and administration staff to provide PET as a part of integral services.

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  Diagnostic Imaging RSNA Webcast 2002 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/6/2002    Last Visited: 12/13/2002  

  Dr. Harry Agress Jr., director of PET imaging at Hackensack Radiology in River Edge, NJ, closed the session by outlining the requirements for establishing PET in clinical practice.
  
  After the first 3000 cases, he said, it is necessary to educate both partners and patients about PET, organize staff to mainstream the process from referral to billing, coordinate images digitally through PACS, correlate original imaging studies with PET, and consult with imaging specialists, technicians, and administration staff to provide PET as a part of integral services.
  
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