A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is an imaging test that uses a small amount of radioactive tracer to measure the rate of glucose (sugar) that the cells in your lung use. Cancer cells use ...

Lung cancer can occur in both smokers and non-smokers. Find out more about this leading type of cancer including its symptoms, stages, and treatments.

He says PET scans are essential for lung cancer diagnoses compared to other imaging tests. According to Dr Mutua, a PET scan can detect cancer in lymph nodes and organs that appear normal on a ...

The PET scan helps show see if the chemo drugs are working or not. If not, a patient can be switched immediately to second-line treatments {given if first-line drugs stop working},” he says.

All underwent annual low-dose CT scans, with or without PET, for five years. Results for the first 24 months showed that, by the end of the second year, 22 cases of lung cancer had been diagnosed.

PET/CT Scans May Help Detect Recurring Prostate Cancer Earlier Date: September 2, 2009 Source: Society of Nuclear Medicine Summary: A new study shows that positron emission tomography (PET ...

No. Although a small amount of radioactive glucose is injected for the PET examination, this will not affect the diabetes. It is important, however, that the PET imaging team is aware of the patient’s ...

A study looking at a PET-CT scan to plan radiotherapy for thyroid cancer (THRIFT) This study wanted to find out whether a type of scan called FLT PET-CT scan can be used to plan radiotherapy. It was ...