Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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The darkest spots are the most "metobolically active."  The shoulders and neck are from arthritis.  Next down is the heart, then the right and left kidneys, and finally the bladder.
The cancer spot is between the heart and left kidney, a grayish mass, smaller than the heart.
There is a measure of the "uptake value," to assess how much of the tracer was picked up in each area. 20 would be a number for an aggressive cancer; Mike's was about 5.

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