How PET Helps | Application in Oncology

Application in Oncology

Sometimes in hours, or even in minutes, PET can help doctors evaluate response to chemotherapy or radiation. Early feedback allows doctors to modify less effective therapy and improve recovery rates.
PET allows doctors to accurately distinguish between scar tissue and a recurrence of cancer.
For colon cancer - PET is an alternative to expensive surgical procedures, such as laparotomy, used for locating recurrent colon cancer. PET can also help patients avoid potentially ineffective local resections.
For lung cancer - PET is an extraordinary tool for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. It determines the malignancy of a pulmonary nodule simply and without surgery, thereby sparing patients needless pain and reducing the number of benign nodules that are unnecessarily removed. PET also aids doctors in staging patients for mediastinal or distant metastases. <Next>

Applications: Cardiology, Neurology or Oncology.