 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 | I don't know of any small hospitals even that own their own PET equipment it is VERY expensive. They job out to radiology companies, or you have to go to a major hospital/cancer facility. The scan is about $1,000 to the patient or insurance company. CT's and PET's look for very different things (see main web site or search for previous discussions of this) Some docs now order a CT/PET fusion scan which takes both and fits the different data together.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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