My mum was poorly at the end of January, with a bad chest infection, she has COPD and this was quite bad so she spent 3 days in hospital. A CT scan showed a fair sized shadow on her lung. They waited 8 weeks to rescan in case it was infection. This scan has shown the shadow hasn’t changed so an urgent PET scan was ordered on Wednesday. The appt is Monday.
Mum is barely 6 stone, she has lost 4 stone the last 3 years, for no reason.
What I’d like to know is, is a full body PET scan, in the above circumstances, used primarily to detect cancer?
Many thanks
