General Oncology Flashcards
what is a PET scan?
Positron emission tomography CT scan
Injection of radioactive tracer (usually attached to glucose molecules)
taking images using a combination of a CT scanner and a gamma ray detector to visualise how metabolically active various tissues are.
useful in identifying areas that the cancer has spread to by showing areas of increased metabolic activity suggestive of cancer.
what is a staging CT scan?
Staging CT scan of chest, abdomen and pelvis to establish the stage and check for lymph node involvement and metastasis.
Contrast enhanced using an injected contrast to give more detailed information about different tissues.
radiotherapy side effects
erytherma
pigmentation
talangectatsia
ulceration
chest - osophagitis
chemotherapy side effects
