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A 28-year old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: pet-ct lung cancer diagnosis?

4 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

A 61-year old female asked:

Is there an alternative to pet for staging lung cancer?

2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

A 43-year old asked:

I have a 2 CM nodule and smaller nodules in my lungs. Will be getting a pet scan. How quickly will it spread if it's cancer?

2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

A 42-year old asked:

What to do if I have a 2cm nodule and smaller nodules in my lungs, going in tomorrow for a pet scan. if this is cancer, how quickly will it spread?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 25-year old asked:

Do pet scans show lung cancer?

3 doctor answers • 11 doctors weighed in

A 33-year old asked:

Need doctor's help! will lung cancer be missed on a pet?

3 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

A 51-year old female asked:

I just had a biopsy between my lung and kidney it lit up on my pet scan is this cancer ?

3 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 59-year old female asked:

My pet scan was highly suspicious for malignancy in rt lung.Now onto Bronchoscope so didn't pet confirm cancer?This cancer isn't curable!

1 doctor answer • 5 doctors weighed in

A 59-year old female asked:

3cm nodule on rt lung hilerregion? Pet scan this am,can scan cause cancer & what are side effects? I'm scared to have cancer &nodule in lowerlft lung!

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 59-year old female asked:

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

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 88-year old female asked:

Does a pet scan detect lung or pancreatic cancer?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 57-year old female asked:

Had a pet scan for breast cancer, showed fluid on the lung ?

3 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

A 45-year old female asked:

Does hypermetabolism in the upper right mass of the lung mean cancer? A PET scan was performed on the person

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 49-year old male asked:

Radiology Does a PET scan have a much better chance of picking up a central lung cancer if it was missed at LDCT? Thank You

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 39-year old female asked:

Can pet scan always diagnose /confirm presence of lung cancer or can only give indication and later biopsy is vital to confirm cancer if a nodule seen?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 43-year old female asked:

My dad has a 7mm nodule on his lung. Will a pet w/ CT tell us if its cancer or is it still too small to be detected?

2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 33-year old male asked:

5cm Pleural mass in right lung..pet scan show not cancer...is surgery still necessary and what are the risks ..thanks?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 33-year old male asked:

11/9 ct- multiple bilateral lung nodules. 11/22 ct/pet-focal increased activity suv5.5 suspect cancer in 1 of them. What could it be besides cancer?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 69-year old female asked:

I had a pet scan, it showed a 1.7 squamish cell cancer in my left lung. They pulled fluid off my right lung and it showed no cancer cells.Tumer is in my left lung. is it possible that in the right lung lymp node to be cancer?no color on PS?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 43-year old female asked:

Ct scan from 1 month ago showed my lung nodule grew 1 mm. Will a pet w/ CT tell me if its cancer?

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 31-year old male asked:

What test is best to rule out lung cancer or lukemia ? MRI with contrast or pet scan ? Been having heavyness weak pulse for 6 months

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A 70-year old female asked:

Left Upper Lung nod 5 to 10 mm less than 6 mos. 4 smaller nods watched for 5 years. Former smoker. Family history cancer. Lung Function Test Scheduled PET Scan being scheduled. Stage 3 COPD. What are next steps? What's the possibility of cancer?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A female asked:

I have a 3.4 cm mass on my lung, I've had the ct scan with contrast a pet scan, the mass lilt up good being 10.25 what else could it b beside cancer?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 52-year old male asked:

Paratracheal lymph node grown from 0.6cmx1cm to 0.8cmx1.35cm over 2 years. No SUV uptake on PET. Have fatigue, could this be lung cancer? Lungs clear.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 46-year old female asked:

Benign biopsies in Nov. Chance of Cancer? Recent PET fu- 1.7 cm non calc. lung nodule. Intensity greater than blood pool. Concern for malignancy. 2 mild FDG avid L hilar & L prevasc. media.lymph nodes. Concern for metastatic disease of L lung malign.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 51-year old male asked:

How often do you need to use PET scan or bronchoscope to locate lung cancer because it does not show on CT scan but symptoms tell you to keep looking?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 52-year old male asked:

Fatigue 2 years. CT shows paratracheal node increasing over 2 years, 0.5x0.9cm to 0.7x1.1cm to 0.9x1.35cm. No uptake at PET. Worried about lung cancer?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 62-year old female asked:

Pet scan in jan 2013 showed 4 cancerous nodules in lungs from breast cancer. New pet scan july 2013 - lung spots no longer metabolically active; does this mean they are no longer cancerous?

3 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in

A 60-year old male asked:

My mom is 82 and has stage IV colon cancer. A portion of her colon was removed and a later PET shows no more cancer in her colon. It also showed a 1/2 inch spot on her lung, what is a good treatment and survival rate?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 32-year old female asked:

My mom has stage 4 lung cancer. the pet scan showed 3 lesions by the spine. does this mean the cancer has spread to her bones?

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

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