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Do PET scans show lung cancer
A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Cookeanswered
Thoracic Surgery 24 years experience
Adjunctive: Pet scans utilize a special sugar molecule or glucose, and attaches a harmless piece of radioactivity to it (fdg). The FDG is taken up by metabolical... Read More
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Dr. Andrew Turrisianswered
Radiation Oncology 49 years experience
Sort of...: The pet scan non-specifically show very metabolically active (consuming lots of energy), and lung cancer and its metastasis fit that category. It is ... Read More
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6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Dr. Thomas Birdasanswered
Thoracic Surgery 28 years experience
Not exactly: They show lesions that are suspicious for cancer (including lung cancer). Typically co fir action with a biopsy is required before treatment is initia... Read More
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5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 51-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Clinical judgement: This pathologist is underwhelmed with the health or public benefits of intensive screening for tiny lung cancers. I'd hope that if the person is sympt... Read More
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1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Boris Aronzonanswered
Anesthesiology 26 years experience
Factors: Many factors are involved: age, immune system, type of tumor, gender in certain cases, type of chemotherapy , compliance among many others. Your oncol... Read More
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Dr. Joseph Woodsanswered
Pathology 30 years experience
Difficult to say.: This is considered an advanced cancer, stage IV or distant metastases stage. As you said, surgery and radiation is the treatment for this. However, ... Read More
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5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Dr. Joshua Garrenanswered
Radiation Oncology 26 years experience
"oligometastatic": Patients with a single brain tumor as the only site of metastatic disease are called "oligometastatic." the chance of cure, though small, is real. Eve... Read More
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4.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 49-year-old male asked:
Dr. Michael Gaboranswered
Diagnostic Radiology 35 years experience
LDCT is a : noncontrast lung nodule screening study, and it is possible that small central lesions may not be visualized due to proximity to normal blood vessels ... Read More
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925 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Munshoweranswered
Family Medicine 32 years experience
Bx definitive: A positron emission tomography (pet) scan is an imaging test that uses a radioactive substance called a tracer to look for disease in the body. It is... Read More
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4.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Donald Colantinoanswered
Internal Medicine 63 years experience
Tests: The best test to screen for lung cancer,in my opinion, is a chest ct scan as a conventional chest xray can miss it. A simple blood test, cbc and diffe... Read More
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834 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 32-year-old female asked:
A Verified Doctoranswered
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
By the spine may b: different than on or in the spine.Ask her Docs for specifics.
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3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 59-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sewa Leghaanswered
Medical Oncology 52 years experience
Yes you are right: A PET scan will pick up Cancer at all sites. It looks like that your Cancer(if it is confirmed with a biopsy) is still localized to the lung alone(No ... Read More
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748 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 33-year-old male asked:
A Verified Doctoranswered
Endocrinology 53 years experience
Lung mass: Something is missing! There must have been symptoms that led to a pet scan. Unless a biopsy was performed how could your doctor simply say that there ... Read More
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1.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 68-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ken Levinanswered
Radiology 46 years experience
May be: A question of the form can A show B is almost always answered maybe, because you cannot completely exclude the possibility that it may or may not demo... Read More
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1.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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