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PET and PET/CT Indications

A PET scan is considered particularly effective in evaluating cancer. It is a useful tool for identifying if cancer is present, if it is spreading, if it is responding to treatment and if a person is cancer free after treatment.

PET and PET/CT can aid in the treatment of your patients with the following indications:

• Breast Cancer: Staging, Restaging

• Cervical Cancer: Staging

• Colorectal Cancer: Diagnosis, Staging, Restaging

• Esophageal Cancer: Diagnosis, Staging, Restaging

• Head and Neck Cancer: Diagnosis, Staging, Restaging

• Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell: Diagnosis, Staging, Restaging

• Lung - Single Pulmonary Nodule: Diagnosis, Staging, Restaging

• Lymphoma: Diagnosis, Staging, Restaging

• Melanoma: Diagnosis, Staging, Restaging

• Thyroid Cancer: Restaging