Comments for HCA Cancer Care http://blog.hcacancercare.co.uk World class expertise. Closer to you. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on UK’s first private Molecular Imaging Centre at The Harley Street Clinic by HCA Cancer Care http://blog.hcacancercare.co.uk/latest-technology/uk%e2%80%99s-first-private-molecular-imaging-centre-at-the-harley-street-clinic/comment-page-1/#comment-137 HCA Cancer Care Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:52:48 +0000 http://blog.hcacancercare.co.uk/?p=40#comment-137 FDG stands for fluorodeoxyglucose and is a glucose analogue. It is attached to radioactive Flourine 18. It is this product when injected into a patient enables the PET/CT scanner to visualize the uptake of the glucose analogue so that the function/ disease status of specific organs or tissues in the body can be demonstrated due to the increased uptake of the tracer in areas of raised glucose metabolism. Please let us know if this answers your question and if you have any further queries. FDG stands for fluorodeoxyglucose and is a glucose analogue. It is attached to radioactive Flourine 18. It is this product when injected into a patient enables the PET/CT scanner to visualize the uptake of the glucose analogue so that the function/ disease status of specific organs or tissues in the body can be demonstrated due to the increased uptake of the tracer in areas of raised glucose metabolism.

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]]> Comment on HCA CancerCare launches hospital blog by Simon Rivers http://blog.hcacancercare.co.uk/news/hca-cancercare-launches-hospital-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Simon Rivers Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:34:49 +0000 http://blog.hcacancercare.co.uk/?p=3#comment-10 On behalf of the network team I'd like to welcome you to the HCA CancerCare Blog. Please feel free to contact me and my senior team colleagues: Simon Rivers, Network Manager (simon.rivers@hcahealthcare.co.uk) Cathy Demosthenous, Network Manager (cathy.demosthenous@hcahealthcare.co.uk) Vesna Hogan, Cancer Informatics Lead (vesna.hogan@hcahealthcare.co.uk) Tel +44 (0)20 7034 8873 On behalf of the network team I’d like to welcome you to the HCA CancerCare Blog. Please feel free to contact me and my senior team colleagues:
Simon Rivers, Network Manager (simon.rivers@hcahealthcare.co.uk)
Cathy Demosthenous, Network Manager (cathy.demosthenous@hcahealthcare.co.uk)
Vesna Hogan, Cancer Informatics Lead (vesna.hogan@hcahealthcare.co.uk)

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