PET scan can give you and your doctor a life-saving answer to the following questions/concerns:
Do I Have Cancer?
Has My Cancer Spread?
Has My Cancer Come Back?
CareImaging LP (CARE) is the first and only private PET scan clinic in Ontario. PET scan - Positron Emission Tomography scan is one of the most accurate diagnostic tools for the early detection of cancer.
PET Accuracy Chart
CANCER TYPE
CONVENTIONAL IMAGING
PET SCAN
Breast
67%
89%
Colorectal
80%
94%
Gastro-Esophageal
68%
83%
Head & Neck
65%
87%
Liver
81%
93%
Lung
68%
82%
Lymphoma
64%
88%
Melanoma
80%
91%
Pancreatic
65%
81%
Testicular
68%
92%
Uterine / Cervical
43%
87%
Source: the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Supplement, Volume 42, Number 5, May 2001 UCLA
Why? Because a PET scan looks at metabolic function of cells rather than structure - a PET scan can often detect cancerous cells much earlier than CT, MRI, X-ray or Mammography.