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PET/CT screening in oncology

The first step to good treatment is a good diagnosisoIn cancer management, imaging is essential for this. Many cancers can beeffectively treated if they are detected early.

PET-CT is the diagnostic tool of choice for medical specialists, essential for cancer staging and treatment monitoring.As well as being a diagnostic tool, it is an essential test during treatment, helping to accurately plan the precise treatment required in each case.

An accurate diagnosis for effective treatment

Detectsdisease (differentiates between benign and malignant tumours).
Provides information on tumour malignancy.
Performs a preciselocoregional and distant cancer assessment.
Helps to plan treatment effectively.
Assesses response to treatment afterwards.
Serves as a prognostic factor (tumour aggression parameters).
Detects recurrence early in treatment processes (distinguishes inflammation/scarring from recurrence).
Improves the approach when performing biopsies.

Diagnosis and monitoring of lung cancer

80% of lung cancer is diagnosed at an advanced stage, when treatment options are very limited.
This technique enablesearly disease detection including when the nodule is so small that it cannot be biopsied, helping to prevent unnecessary surgery in 1 in every 5 patients with suspected non-small cell lung cancer.
HC Marbella’s PET-CT has a respiratory gating system which allows the synchronisation of PET imaging with the patient’s breathing, obtaining a higher quality image despite the natural movement of breathing. This technology is very effective in the detection of pulmonary micronodules

Precision diagnosis, precise radiotherapy treatment.

A fundamental tool for the planning of radiotherapy treatment.
Helps to define the active zone of the tumour more precisely to be able to increase the dose safely in that area.
In areas with inflammatory or benign anatomical changes it helps to distinguish what is tumour and what is not. This enables the radiotherapy team to design a treatment strategy which attacks the tumour with precision, respecting healthy tissue.