PET scanning can help patients beat CANCER

Diwan Chand Satyapal Aggarwal Imaging research Center – The first private user of PET.CT in the whole of Northern India 

Adding one more success to its rich legacy of being leaders in using the  latest technologies in the field of diagnostics, Diwan Chand Satyapal Aggarwal Imaging Research Centre, announced the launch of the first ever PET.CT scanner in Northern India in the private sector set-up. 

The announcement came after successfully completing 6 months of installation of the PET.CT; Dr Ajay Aggarwal, claims, “the results have been phenomenal and in many cases occult malignancies were found which immensely benefited the patients.”

Dr Ajay Aggarwal, Senior Consultant Radiologist, Diwan Chand Satyapal Aggarwal Imaging Research Centre, adds, “The results obtained from the PET.CT investigation, enables physicians to evade missed opportunities in treating patients whose cancer is still at an early stage and whose lives could be prolonged for five or more years with the appropriate treatment. The technology also helps experts to avoid the opposite mistake: unnecessarily operating on patients whose cancer is too advanced for surgery. Thus the use of PET.CT enables doctors’ to stage cancer and thereon provide correct and cost effective treatment”.

Connoted as one of the deadliest diseases of today, Cancer is the fourth biggest killer disease in India.  A critical issue needing urgent respite during early investigations is the need for  accurately determining its stage -- how far the disease has progressed in a patient. This is crucial in determining the most appropriate treatment and needs a clear cut process of diagnosis. While till date, the most commonly used tool for staging cancers was CT scan or MRI, often followed by a biopsy.  Major progresses over the years finds that an emerging technology known as PET-CT is far reaching out to be more accurate than CT or MRI in indicating whether a patient's cancer has spread outside the diseased area or not?

Attributed with a whole lot of complementing qualities, the PET.CT can offer a differentiation between benign and malignant tumor unlike a MRI or CT. Further the Biograph PET.CT. with High Rez Platform, reveals optimum resolution and better image definition in an unparalleled scanning time of just 15 minutes.  Moreover, as each study consists of a whole body PET Scan & CT Scan, coupled with a high class reporting by a highly qualified and experienced Radiologist & Nuclear Medicine Physician in tandem. Their diagnosis paves way for successful management and treatment of the disease.  

About DCA
Established in the year 1924, Diwan Chand Satyapal Aggarwal Imaging Research Centre, New Delhi has now completed its 83 years of service in the country and is now managed by its third generation of successors who proudly claim that radiology is their hallmark.  The trendsetter in the field, Diwan Chand Satya Pal Aggarwal Imaging Research Centre, is a leading institute using state-of-the-art technology today and is equipped with advanced world-class diagnostic equipment and boasts of 64 Slice CT Scan, PET.CT, whole body MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, dedicated mammography units, digital radiography systems for specialized and routine X-rays and Digital OPG.

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