A heart PET scan is a noninvasive imaging test that uses a small amount of radiation. It helps doctors understand how the heart functions and whether it is healthy. Cardiac or heart PET scans create ...

A PET scan can help doctors spot cancer that has spread through the body. A doctor may request one during the melanoma diagnostic process if they suspect advanced melanoma cancer. A PET scan is an ...

A heart perfusion imaging scan, or myocardial perfusion scan, is a test that tells doctors how well a person’s heart pumps blood. Doctors may use this test when diagnosing the cause of chest pain or ...

PET scans use a radioactive tracer to generate images of the body for medical analysis. Doctors commonly use PET scans to detect cancer and assess how far it has spread. Radiation exposure from PET ...

A CT scan is often one of the first imaging tests done during the diagnostic process. While a CT scan alone isn’t enough to diagnose pancreatic cancer, it can provide images that help doctors ...

The underlying cause of nearly all heart attacks is clogging of the arteries with cholesterol (atherosclerosis). It starts early in life and by middle age, can be very advanced. The problem is, even ...

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For those of us who live in this world — the world of cancer — we have all heard of the term “scanxiety.” In my mind, it means the fear of the unknown when it comes to getting the results of your ...