Pet Ct Helps Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma More Accurately
According to the American Cancer Society, doctors may choose from a number of different methods to take a sample of the involved tissue, or a biopsy, for testing and microscopic analysis. When PET/CT is available, it is used for staging the cancer. PET/CT scans combine CT and PET, or positron emission tomography to find out how far the cancer has spread and how big it has become. This article will define PET/CT and discuss its role in Hodgkin lymphoma....