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pet scan - low metabolic activity

by leftyapp



	Leave a Note Send Message Add as Friend leftyapp Member since Jul 2007

, Jul 27, 2007 02:00PM

Tags: activity, lung, respiratory, Cancer, indicate, Understanding

Please translate "low metabolicMetabolic acidosis activity" in relation to PET scan. It was my understanding that any metabolicMetabolic acidosis activity indicates cancerAcute lymphocytic leukemia (all)
Ascites with ovarian cancer, ct scan
Basal cell cancer
Basal cell carcinoma
Bladder cancer
Breast cancer
Breast lumps and cancer
Bronchial cancer - chest x-ray
Bronchial cancer - ct scan
Cancer
Cancer - penis. Does low or high metabolicMetabolic acidosis activity indicate the agressiveness or stage of cancerAcute lymphocytic leukemia (all)
Ascites with ovarian cancer, ct scan
Basal cell cancer
Basal cell carcinoma
Bladder cancer
Breast cancer
Breast lumps and cancer
Bronchial cancer - chest x-ray
Bronchial cancer - ct scan
Cancer
Cancer - penis found?

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, Jul 28, 2007 10:15PM

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