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Why does APEKSHA Hospital need a PET Scanner ?
- It is the only government hospital for cancer patients in Sri Lanka
- Without a PET Scanner doctors can only do 'guess work' when treating patients
- Obtaining a PET scan from a private hospital in Colombo costs Rs. 150,000 ( USD 1100 ) per scan
- 99% of cancer patients in Sri Lanka are unable to afford PET scans because during the course of the treatment the patient is required to take at least 10 scans.
What is a PET CT Scanner ?
Positron Emission Tomography – Computed Tomography scan is a type of nuclear medicine imaging.
This scanning has become an essential diagnostic tool to reveal how body tissues and organs are functioning. A PET CT scan uses a radio active drug ( tracer) to show this activity.
As this procedure is able to identify metabolic activity within the body, it offers the potential to identify disease in its earliest stages as well as to assess patients' immediate response to therapeutic interventions.
PET CT scanning is a minimally invasive painless procedure.
Above information & Image were taken from http://www.fightcancer.lk
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