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Can you get an elective PET (positron emission tomography )scan any where in Australia, preferably Melbourne?

My mum has had cancer in the past and would like to get a full body PET scan for peace of mind but has been refused one when requested via a doctor because she is not high risk! She is willing to pay all costs, so I would appreciate your advice. Thanks.

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1. The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne has a PET scan machine. Whether they will do an elective PET scan is something you would have to ask them. They probably would if you had symptoms of cancer. http://www.petermac.org/ There are several other nuclear imaging centers in the area because I remember answering this same question about a year ago. Check the YA archives.
2. Austin Hospital & Peter McCallum Cancer Centre both do PET scans but I doubt that they are available without a medical referal. She neds to talk to her oncologist about this, unless there is reason to believe this would be a useful diagnostic tool in her case, why put yourself through one?