PET/CT. varying degrees of avidness. Is this good?

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PET/CT. varying degrees of avidness. Is this good?

by Timmy_Tucker on Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:00 AM

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Hi all, just had a PET/CT scan on my Renel Cell cancer and the reusults showed 7 cancerous nodes.

The nodes are as follows: 1 is not FDG avid

                                      2 are mildy FDG avid

                                      2 are moderately FDG avid

                                and 2 are intensely FDG avid.

Can anyone explain what the different uptakes mean. Are they new and growing, are the low uptake ones dying and becoming necrotic (this was a comment on a previous CT scan.

Any advice is welcome as my oncologist is new to PET/CT and wouldn't comment.

cheers Tim

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