2006-06-29 16:53:44 · 8 answers · asked by jodi_dunn2000 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
I think you may have misheard. Cancer affects systems or organs of the body - I'm not sure that humans have any part of their body called "pet".
But, PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scans are used to help locate cancers - they are machines, not cancer.
2006-06-29 16:58:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I came up dry for a kind of cancer that was not veterinary in nature with this. The one thing that I did find was about what used to be called PETT (positron emission tracking tomography) It is a way of looking at the body using a special radioactive dye to see what parts are getting the blood flow at the moment. The scanning can take place over 1000 times a second to watch things like thoughts and sights be processed. It is marvellous at getting a picture of cancers in the brain because it shows places that XRay, Cat Scan and MRI don't show too clearly.
2006-06-30 00:02:22 · answer #2 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does PET stand for something. There is no such thing as pet cancer unless your pet (dog,cat) has cancer. There is test called a PET scan that can detect cancers in people. Mabe she had a PET scan done to see if she had cancer.
2006-06-29 23:59:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
P.E.T. ?
my nephew had this .. he had brain tumors and tumors on his back .. im not sure if you mean pet or P.E.T. ( intials for a very long word)
cancer is nothing to play with, he battled for 3 years and died at the age of 9 ( mothers day weekend 2003)
2006-06-29 23:58:23 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ Lisa♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pets maybe give her the cancer
2006-06-29 23:55:46 · answer #5 · answered by believerchick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am not shure look up pet cancer on www.dogpile.com
2006-06-29 23:55:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pet cancer???
2006-06-29 23:57:01 · answer #7 · answered by Jones 4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your grandmother a cat?
2006-06-29 23:55:02 · answer #8 · answered by Ryan M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋