PET technology can detect early lung cancer diagnosis almost certain more advanced CT

In a patient less than 1 ml injection of a special liquid , an hour less than the early lung cancer will be able to Hangzhou today at the Fourth International Workshop on molecular imaging , all cones were described in Pok more than 100 experts in this advanced technology to bring the gospel to mankind .

Cancer Lung cancer is the first full- cones Second Hospital of Zhejiang Medical Director , Cancer Institute of Zhejiang University Professor Zhang Suzhan that early diagnosis of lung cancer is the key to reducing lung cancer mortality , but the CT scan can only be found in more obvious mass in the body , and for no obvious symptoms of early lung cancer do nothing , the doctor only rule of thumb to judge . Data, chest CT examination revealed the probability of early stage lung cancer is only about 20% , 70% of cancer patients had been detected when the cancer is in advanced , thus delaying the best treatment.

the rise in recent years, PET (positron emission tomography , commonly used in cancer checks) technology , to solve the long-standing problems difficult to diagnose early stage lung cancer . Pok Pok PET Zhejiang Medical Center Professor Zhang Hong said , into the body's glucose liquid contains a special substance - molecular tracer markers , these radioactive substances into the human body, can quickly find the cancer cells into cancer inside the cell , the cell 's activities and the use of light waves reflected back to the computer . Based on these information , the computer generated images can be less than an hour to determine which parts of the body had cancer , their lung cancer, breast cancer , colon cancer diagnostic accuracy of 90 % or more.

Japan Dokkyo large Pok Kang two PET Center Director Professor Murakami , in Japan, has more than 80,000 patients a PET examination , many patients with lung cancer to prolong their lives. In our current medical Pok largest PET Center , Second Hospital of Zhejiang Medical PET Center , there are already more than 3,000 patients were examined to achieve early detection of disease and early treatment .

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