The PET/CT scan is an imaging method that combines positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT), and provides more complete information than either could provide separately. This combination allows rapid and accurate diagnosis of cancer.
Used for the diagnosis and monitoring of cancer, PET/CT is the fastest and most accurate method. It results from combining PET (positron emission tomography) and CT (computed tomography) techniques in a single device.
PET/CT is the most advanced method in the world for diagnosing and monitoring cancer, and offers many advantages for doctors and patients alike. It can also be used in neurological and cardiological applications.
The advantages of PET/CT:
- Cancer cells are detected accurately at an early stage.
- Anatomical precision for tumours as small as half a centimetre.
- It is an extremely sensitive method, used to identify cancerous tissue and to determine the site of the biopsy.
- During cancer treatment, it makes it possible to monitor the state of the cancerous tissue and to determine to what extent the surrounding healthy tissue is affected.
- It makes it possible to treat certain cancers with radiotherapy targeted only at the diseased tissue, without damaging the surrounding healthy tissue.
- In addition to its many advantages over other diagnostic tools, PET-CT removes the need for further diagnostic tests involving radiation exposure. The images obtained with this cutting-edge technology are essential to the diagnosis of cancer and form an important part of the decision-making process within the multidisciplinary team meeting.
Kezban Berberoğlu
M.D.
Diagnostic Services – Pathology
Kezban Berberoğlu
M.D.
Diagnostic Services – Pathology
Education and career
• Trakya University Faculty of Medicine
• İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine
• Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Areas of expertise and medical interests
• Nuclear oncology
• Nuclear cardiology
• Member of the Turkish Society of Nuclear Medicine
Research and publications
• 2 international publications
• 12 national publications