Pet scan tomorrow

sitting in the corner
Strumming a guitar.....
Good Luck!
I will light a candle for you tonight

disneyfan2008 said:

pet scan
What is this? I have had MRI and CAT but never pet..

I KNOW LONG AGO they wanted my mom to have one but insurance wouldn't cover it-so she never had it.

Do you lay in tube like other tests? etc...

just curuios!

Denise

Denise, this is what I found
Denise, this is what I found on a website about a PET scan. I have had MRI's and CT scans, but, no PET scan.

A PET scan uses radiation, or nuclear medicine imaging, to produce 3-dimensional, color images of the functional processes within the human body. PET stands for positron emission tomography. The machine detects pairs of gamma rays which are emitted indirectly by a tracer (positron-emitting radionuclide) which is placed in the body on a biologically active molecule. The images are reconstructed by computer analysis. Modern machines often use a CT X-ray scan which is performed on the patient at the same time in the same machine.

PET scans can be used to diagnose a health condition, as well as for finding out how an existing condition is developing. PET scans are often used to see how effective an ongoing treatment is.


Hope this helps some!


Leeza

disneyfan2008 said:

pet scan
What is this? I have had MRI and CAT but never pet..

I KNOW LONG AGO they wanted my mom to have one but insurance wouldn't cover it-so she never had it.

Do you lay in tube like other tests? etc...

just curuios!

Denise

The PET scan is usually done
The PET scan is usually done with a CT and is called a PET/CT or a PET fusion scan. The advantage to this test is that it shows increased glucose uptake if present and the CT scan pinpoints where this increased glucose uptake is taking place.

Cancer cells eat more than a normal cell so they consume more glucose (sugar that cells utilize) and thus have increased glucose uptake.

The PET/CT scan clearly showed increased glucose uptake in my ribs in 2006, 2007 and 2009. We finally confirmed that this was indeed cancer with a rib biopsy in 2009.

See:
How PET/CT Works

CypressCynthia said:

The PET scan is usually done
The PET scan is usually done with a CT and is called a PET/CT or a PET fusion scan. The advantage to this test is that it shows increased glucose uptake if present and the CT scan pinpoints where this increased glucose uptake is taking place.

Cancer cells eat more than a normal cell so they consume more glucose (sugar that cells utilize) and thus have increased glucose uptake.

The PET/CT scan clearly showed increased glucose uptake in my ribs in 2006, 2007 and 2009. We finally confirmed that this was indeed cancer with a rib biopsy in 2009.

See:
How PET/CT Works

Thanks Cynthia for
Thanks Cynthia for explaining this and for the link. You are great!


My question would be, should every bc sister have one?

jnl said:

Denise, this is what I found
Denise, this is what I found on a website about a PET scan. I have had MRI's and CT scans, but, no PET scan.

A PET scan uses radiation, or nuclear medicine imaging, to produce 3-dimensional, color images of the functional processes within the human body. PET stands for positron emission tomography. The machine detects pairs of gamma rays which are emitted indirectly by a tracer (positron-emitting radionuclide) which is placed in the body on a biologically active molecule. The images are reconstructed by computer analysis. Modern machines often use a CT X-ray scan which is performed on the patient at the same time in the same machine.

PET scans can be used to diagnose a health condition, as well as for finding out how an existing condition is developing. PET scans are often used to see how effective an ongoing treatment is.


Hope this helps some!


Leeza

Thanks for info...
thanks

Megan M said:

Thanks Cynthia for
Thanks Cynthia for explaining this and for the link. You are great!


My question would be, should every bc sister have one?

PET done when metastasis beyond the breast suspected
Because my tumors were in both breasts, my oncologist ordered a PET/CT for me before surgery to make sure that the cancer hadn't spread from one breast to the other, i.e., that there was no metastasis to my lungs or bones.

He made a point of saying that PETs are "terrible at detecting tumors in the breast," and are only used in breast cancer patients when metastasis is suspected, to check for cancer elsewhere. I don't expect to have another one again (and for myself, see no need for one) unless other symptoms crop up which suggest metastasis.

Hope that helps,

Traci

carkris said:

Me too bags packed what
Me too bags packed what should I bring???????????????? Boston Baked beans to make the bus smell real good?

Thinking of you today Libby!
Thinking of you today Libby!


Hugs, Leeza

TraciInLA said:

PET done when metastasis beyond the breast suspected
Because my tumors were in both breasts, my oncologist ordered a PET/CT for me before surgery to make sure that the cancer hadn't spread from one breast to the other, i.e., that there was no metastasis to my lungs or bones.

He made a point of saying that PETs are "terrible at detecting tumors in the breast," and are only used in breast cancer patients when metastasis is suspected, to check for cancer elsewhere. I don't expect to have another one again (and for myself, see no need for one) unless other symptoms crop up which suggest metastasis.

Hope that helps,

Traci

Thanks Traci! A PET scan
Thanks Traci! A PET scan hasn't been mentioned, but, I had seen others writing about them and wondered why it hadn't been mentioned to me.


Noel