Welcome to the Nuclear Medicine Department and the PET/CT Scanning service at Stanford Medical Center.

The management of cancer has evolved over the years to include many modalities of treatment such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Proper management requires accurate diagnosis and evaluation of spread of tumor and the PET/CT scanner provides state-of-the-art imaging to assess the original tumor as well as metastatic disease.

Our service is fully integrated into the Medical Oncology, Surgery, and Radiation Oncology groups at Stanford and all of these hospital units have computerized access to the images that we produce to provide up-to-the-minute information.

Within this website, you will find information on how PET/CT scanning works, how to set up an appointment on the PET/CT scanner, what to expect and how to prepare for your PET/CT scan.