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A member asked:
I just had a biopsy between my lung and kidney it lit up on my pet scan is this cancer ?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Not necessarily so: It could other stuff.Good luck.
Answered 11/29/2013
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Kidneys lite up: Kidneys lite up normally on pet scan. What your body doesn't use ...You pee out
Answered 11/29/2013
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Biopsy: What was biopsied between your lung and kidney... your adrenal gland? Depends and the CT appearance and how high the metabolic activity was on PET. Glucose uptake on PET does not necessarily mean cancer. Inflammatory and infectious conditions can also take up glucose. Need more history.
Answered 8/14/2015
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