Advanced PET-CT at the QEII

Diagnostic Imaging is part of the QEII cancer care team that helps diagnose many cancers in the province by using a PET-CT machine.

PET-CT’s are crucial in a patient’s cancer diagnosis as it helps healthcare teams determine where cancer is located, if it has spread, how well they’re responding to treatment, and what the likelihood is of their cancer returning. The QEII has the only PET-CT in Nova Scotia, which means we see patients from every community across our province.

Thanks to our donor community, including QEII radiologists, and Nova Scotia Health, we’ve provided the most state-of-the-art PET-CT technology available: PET-CT with extended field-of-view. This best-in-class technology allows teams to detect smaller traces of cancer than ever before.

Learn how more than $150,000 was raised by the community and QEII radiologists to fund best-in-class PET-CT with extended field-of-view.

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“Thanks to your donation, the length of PET-CT scans will reduce drastically, with some scans reducing from 15 minutes to 90 seconds. We’ll be able to increase the number of patients we scan every day from 14 to 20 and reduce the wait time to receive a scan from seven weeks to two weeks, in most cases. Imagine the relief you would feel if you or your loved ones could receive crucial details about your cancer five weeks sooner? Your generosity makes that possible.”

Dr. James Clarke is a radiologist and the Chief of Diagnostic Imaging at the QEII Health Sciences Centre. 

QEII Talks: PET-CT during COVID-19

Dr. James Clarke takes us on an in-depth tour of this powerful technology and the impact it’s making on cancer care, particularly during this time of social distancing.