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| | PET Scanning, PET/CT Scan, What Is A PET Scan, Positron Emission Tomography, PET Scan |
 | | PET is considered particularly effective in identifying whether cancer is present or not, if it has spread, if it is responding to treatment, and if a person is cancer free after treatment. |
 | | PET is often used in conjunction with an MRI or CT scan through "fusion" to give a full three-dimensional view of an organ and the location of cancer within that organ. |
 | | To perform PET studies in the late 1970s, a large staff was needed: physicists to run the cyclotron that produces the fluorine-18 and to oversee the scanner, chemists to make the tracers such as FDG, and dedicated, specialist physicians. |
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