PET/CT SKILLS Assessment Questions with Verified Answers
PET/CT SKILLS Assessment Recite/What are the benefits of PETCT? (short answer) - ANS: Early Diagnosis: valuable in diagnostic applications for cancers that are not easily reached for biopsy, such as lung cancer. Staging/Restaging: provides accurate disease staging and localization for biopsy, surgery or treatment planning. Response to Treatment (Monitor Therapy): Assess response to and effectiveness of treatments. Recite/What are the benefits of PETCT? (longer version) - ANS: Early Diagnosis: valuable in diagnostic applications for cancers that are not easily reached for biopsy, such as lung cancer. Staging/Restaging: provides accurate disease staging and localization for biopsy, surgery or treatment planning. Response to Treatment (Monitor Therapy): Assess response to and effectiveness of treatments. detects residual or recurrent disease and is an excellent diagnostic procedure to differentiate tumor recurrences from radiation necrosis or post-surgical changes. allows for the development of a more rational treatment plan for the patient. can help guide further therapy by either confirming response or signaling the need for a change in therapy. Recite/What are the benefits of PETCT? on Oncology, cardiology and neurology - ANS: Oncology 85% Differentiates benign from malignant disease
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