Metastatic melanoma on a PET scan. What would be your next step in management?🩺 This is a sad case, and one we often see in advanced stages of melanoma. A PET scan (Positron Emission Tomography) helps us see whether cancer has spread beyond the skin, especially to the lymph nodes or distant organs. The patient receives a small amount of radioactive glucose, and active cancer cells absorb more of it than normal tissue. Those cells show up as bright hot spots on the scan, which gives us a clearer
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Metastatic melanoma on a PET scan. What would be your next step in management?🩺 This is a sad case, and one we often see in advanced stages of melanoma. A PET scan (Positron Emission Tomography) helps us see whether cancer has spread beyond the skin, especially to the lymph nodes or distant organs. The patient receives a small amount of radioactive glucose, and active cancer cells absorb more of it than normal tissue. Those cells show up as bright hot spots on the scan, which gives us a clearer
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