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Does a pet scan only show cancer?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

No: It shows lots of things

Answered 11/18/2020

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Since pet scan shows only one area of lung which is very suspicious for malignancy, does that mean if it's cancer that it hasn't metastasis? Thank you

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