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Can a pet-ct determine whether or not cancer is present in the body? are there any other conditions these tests can diagnose?
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Not always: Scans pick up masses -- cancers that have reached a volume of billions of cells. Scans pick up a huge variety of non-malignant lesions, and many cancers, but other tests -- mammograms, routine blood work, pap smears, more -- are also part of routine cancer surveillance.
Answered 3/27/2015
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