Head And Neck Cancer: Quick Way To Determine If Cancer Has Spread
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 09:21
in Health & Medicine
For patients with head and neck cancer, accurately determining how advanced the cancer is and detecting secondary cancers usually means undergoing numerous tests - until now. New research has found that the PET-CT scanner can be used as a stand-alone tool to detect secondary cancers, which occur in 5 to 10 percent of head and neck cancer patients.
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