PET Scan in Telangana
Positron emission tomography uses radioactive tracers to show metabolic activity, used in cancer staging and brain disorders.
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Why PET Scan Is Needed
Ordered when doctors need to assess metabolic or functional activity in tissues, most commonly to detect, stage, or monitor cancer, evaluate unexplained weight loss, or investigate brain disorders like dementia, epilepsy, or Parkinson's disease. It is also used to check whether cancer treatment is working by measuring changes in tumor metabolic activity.