[Answer] 1. Another scan called a PET/CT (positron emission tomography and computerized tomography) scan is next on the agenda of pre-operative tests for breast cancer surgery. What is the purpose of this test?

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...1. To determine whether cancer has spread elsewhere in the body 2. To compress the breast to make surgery easier 3. To keep the patient still for an additional hour 4. To cause you to relax for the surgery Although the PET/CT scan does take about an hour and the patient must be still the entire time, it is useful in determining whether cancer has spread anywhere else in the body. The injected dye will show up in other areas that could be affected. For this scan the patient is prone on a table and a machine rotates around them taking images of the activity inside the body from all angles. For me this was almost nauseating as the machine went around and around so I closed my eyes and tried to just block it out as I lay very still. I kept busy singing inside my head which was helpful but it was difficult to remain so still. The technicians did ask how I was doing. I just kept still anticipating the next procedure that I would have to face.

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To determine whether cancer has spread elsewhere in the body:

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