The last few years have seen unprecedented advances in medical imaging techniques, allowing doctors an extraordinary view into the human body and the opportunity to fine-tune treatment.  PET-CT is well established internationally as the ‘Gold Standard’ for the assessment of the extent of cancer spread in the body as well as the assessment of cancer treatment. PET-CT is now available in South Africa.

... to allow correct and swift treatment of cancer.

Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide. The most dangerous aspect of cancer is its ability to spread through the body. It is not the original growth but the distant spread of cancer cell to other parts of the body, such as the liver, lungs or bones that leads to death in cancer patients.