Limousin Cattle: It is the eight largest cattle breed in the world and has originated from France. This breed is known as high muscle beef cattle. Normally it weighs about 1100 kilograms and they can now be found in 70 countries around the world.
PET/CT imaging helps physicians detect cancer, evaluate the extent of disease, select the most appropriate treatments, determine if the therapy is working, and detect any recurrent tumors. Before a PET/CT scan, the patient receives an intravenous injection of radioactive glucose.
Approved by the Cancer.Net Editorial Board, 12/2016. A PET scan may be combined with a CT scan at many cancer treatment centers. However, you may hear your doctor refer to this procedure just as a PET scan. A PET-CT scan is one way to find cancer and learn its stage.