Pet Scan - Positron Emission Tomography

PET stands for Positron Emission Tomography. It's a procedure that adds an important new dimension to a physician's ability to diagnose and manage disease.

Instead of detecting changes in the physical size or structure of internal organs, as other traditional imaging technologies do, PET detects changes in the cellular function. Since these functional changes take place before physical changes occur. PET can provide information that enables your physician to make an earlier diagnosis or to determine if current treatment is working effectively.

Even if a previous CT or MRI detected disease or abnormalities, PET can help, because PET can often characterize the cellular function early in the course of the disease.

These capabilities can translate into faster initiation of the best possible treatment while avoiding more invasive exams or exploratory surgery.

BENEFITS OF PET:

• The exam is painless and safe
• Provides earlier detection of recurrent cancer
• Differentiates between non-malignant (benign) and malignant tumors
• Eliminates invasive procedures and multiple tests
• Avoids unnecessary surgery
• Assesses the location and the stage of malignant disease accurately
• Locates previously unknown metastases using a whole body survey
• Monitors the efficiency of patient care and management
• Reduces the time to diagnosis and leads to earlier treatment

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