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heblaj01 · 02-19-2007, 03:14 PM

Karen,
Be sure to ask for a PET/CT scan, not just a PET scan. The combined PET & CT scan (which they sometimes call fused scans) is less prone to provide false positives than the plain PET scan.

02-19-2007, 03:14 PM	#23
heblaj01 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 543	Karen, Be sure to ask for a PET/CT scan, not just a PET scan. The combined PET & CT scan (which they sometimes call fused scans) is less prone to provide false positives than the plain PET scan.