Patient guide
Being handed a prescription you cannot read is frightening. These guides explain PET scans, cancer, staging and treatment in ordinary language — no medical background needed.
TNM, stage groups and why staging decides your treatment. Written for patients and families who have just been given a number and no explanation.
5 min read4 March 2026
Silicon photomultipliers versus photomultiplier tubes, explained without the physics degree — and what the difference means for the person on the table.
4 min read18 February 2026
Fasting rules, what to bring, what to wear, medication and diabetes advice — everything you need to do before a PET/CT scan, in one checklist.
5 min read20 January 2026
A PET/CT shows how your cells are behaving, not just what they look like. Here is what the scan is, why your doctor ordered it, and exactly what happens on the day.
6 min read12 January 2026
Why PSMA PET has replaced bone scan and CT for prostate cancer staging, what a rising PSA after treatment means, and how it connects to Lu-177 therapy.
5 min read6 May 2026
How PET/CT is used in dementia, drug-resistant epilepsy, heart muscle viability and fevers of unknown origin — the non-oncological half of molecular imaging.
5 min read8 April 2026
Impression, SUVmax, FDG-avid, metabolically active, physiological uptake — the phrases that appear in every PET report, translated into English.
5 min read22 March 2026
How much radiation a PET/CT actually delivers, how that compares to everyday life, who should avoid it, and how a digital scanner lowers the dose.
5 min read2 February 2026
Call us. We would much rather explain something now than have you worry about it until your appointment.
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