11C-acetate

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000004",
  "term": "11C-acetate",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A radioactive substance being studied in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. 11C-acetate gets taken up by cells in the body, and a PET scanner is used to find which cells in the body have taken it up. Since more 11C-acetate is taken up by cancer cells than by normal cells, it can be used to help find cancer in the body and diagnose disease. Also called carbon C 11-acetate.",
  "synonyms": [
    "carbon C 11-acetate"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/11c-acetate/"
}