Benefis Healthcare Sletten Cancer Institute | Medical Specialties: Medical Oncology

Screening & Diagnosis

To ensure an accurate diagnosis and to monitor your treatment progress, the tools below may be suggested by your medical oncologist.

CT Scan

A CT (Computed Tomography) scan can be used to diagnose cancer and also to monitor your treatment progress. CT's are similar to an x-ray, though CT they take internal pictures of your soft organs.

PET Scan

Positron Emission Tomography- During a PET scan a small amount of radioactive glucose (sugar) is injected into a vein to highlight areas within the body that are producing more glucose, a common indication of cancer cells. PET scans are also sometimes done in conjunction with CT scans, together called “PET-CT”, in order to help correlate tumors or nodes on a CT with active cancer sites seen on PET scans.

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Stereotactic Breast Biopsy

Digital Mammography

A digitial mammogram is similar to a standard mammogram, but it uses a computer, rather than x-ray film, to record x-ray images of the breast.

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Sentinel Node Biopsy

A sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the first lymph node(s) to which cancer cells are likely to spread from the primary tumor. Cancer cells may appear in the sentinel node before spreading to other lymph nodes. Biopsies of the SLN can tell your doctor whether or not your cancer has begun to spread and is important in the staging of your cancer and determination of which treatments will be best for you.

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