What is a petscanchest area?

Question

Dr. checking for cancer in the middle of my chest. What does the petscan entail

Answer 1

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning is medical imaging technique that can search for cancer anywhere in your body.

A PET Scan in your chest area can check out your lung, your liver,your heart and other related organs.

A PET scan can detect any presence of tumors and it can tell whether a tumor is benign or malignant and can show if a malignant tumor has spread.

In addition a PET scan can also find any defects of the heart structure and can give a clue whether bypass surgery would benefit the damaged heart.