A member asked:

Will dying cancer cells (hodgkins lymphoma) and their drainage show up as cancer in a pet scan? meaning, it seems like it would be a kind of inflammation on some level and i understand that is not discernable from cancer itself. is this true?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

No: Dying or dead cells will not show as active cancer on a PET scan. Cancer cells are detected otherwise on their typical metabolical advantage, not always easy to discern from other inflammatory conditions

Answered 7/10/2020

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