Colon cancer, pet scan images

Using PET scans for colon cancer staging is very common.

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It is one of the tests that healthcare providers use to learn how extensive your colon cancer is – known as staging and grading cancer. You may have already been "poked and prodded" with blood tests, filmed with radiographic exams or undergone surgery for histological (tissue) exams and biopsies.

Unlike screening exams, which primarily find cancer in the colon, these staging exams help your healthcare provider check the rest of your body for cancerous cells that may have metastasized, or spread, outside of the colon.

One of the most comprehensive exams for this purpose is the positron emission tomography or PET scan.

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Although PET scans are also used to diagnose organ-specific diseases, such as problems in the heart or brain, they are frequently used to find cancer (metastasis or recurrence). PET scans are often used in conjunction with computed tomography (CT) scans to locate cancers in the body.

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Prior to the exam, a tiny amount of fluorodeoxygluc

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