Radioactive glucose
| Radioactive glucose | |
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| Term | Radioactive glucose |
| Short definition | radioactive glucose - (pronounced) (RAY-dee-oh-ACTIVE GLOO-kose) A radioactive form of glucose (sugar) that is often used during a PET (positive emission tomography) scan, a type of imaging test. In PET, a small amount of radioactive glucose is injected into a vein, and a scanner takes a picture of where the glucose is being used in the body. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
radioactive glucose - (pronounced) (RAY-dee-oh-ACTIVE GLOO-kose) A radioactive form of glucose (sugar) that is often used during a PET (positive emission tomography) scan, a type of imaging test. In PET, a small amount of radioactive glucose is injected into a vein, and a scanner takes a picture of where the glucose is being used in the body. Cancer cells appear brighter in the image because they are more active and take up more glucose than normal cells. When used with PET, radioactive glucose helps find cancer cells in the body
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