carbon C 11-acetate

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001411",
  "term": "carbon C 11-acetate",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A radioactive substance being studied in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Carbon C 11-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 carbon C 11-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 11C-acetate.",
  "synonyms": [
    "11C-acetate"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/carbon-c-11-acetate/"
}