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Imaging
- Laboratory
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CT scan – It is a diagnostic imaging procedure that uses x-rays to build cross-sectional images of a lung tumor and/or lung cancer metastases.
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Positron emission tomography (PET) scan – Positron emission tomography (PET) scan does functional and morphological detail scanning by utilizing radiation derived from isotope labeled glucose molecules that enable detection of cellular glucose uptake in cancer.
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Bone scan – A bone scan uses a radioactive tracer to rule out metastasis.