How PET Scans See Cancer

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When someone gets a PET scan to detect tumors and how far a cancer has spread, that machine is actually detecting sugar. Because cancer has a sweet tooth, and this phenomenon, called the Warburg effect, may help us develop new cancer drugs and treatments

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ECAT-Exact-HR--PET-Scanner.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PET-MIPS-anim.gif
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Fluorodeoxyglucose-F18
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PET-CT_scanning_of_lymph_node_metastases_in_cancer.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radioactive_Syringe_and_Shield.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PET-image.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cancer_cells_%281%29.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_Warburg.jpg
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/mitochondria-stock-footage/1398988202?adppopup=true
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