What Is PET-CT?
A scanner combining metabolic (PET) and anatomical (CT) imaging in a single session.
What It Means for You
Crucial in cancer staging: it shows not just where a lesion is, but whether it is metabolically active, shaping the entire treatment plan.
Availability
PET-CT is available at selected Clinic-Y partner hospitals in Istanbul. Whether it is appropriate for your case is decided by your specialist during the free evaluation, and if your treatment benefits from it, we match you to a partner hospital that has it. Technology availability never adds hidden cost to a Clinic-Y package: it is reflected in your written quote from the start.
Every Clinic-Y package is one written, itemised, all-inclusive figure, agreed before you travel and unchanged at discharge.
How this technology is used in practice
Technology only matters when it changes the decision or the outcome for a specific patient. In practice that means three questions: does it make the diagnosis more accurate, does it make the treatment safer or less invasive, and does it shorten recovery. If the answer to all three is no for your case, the newer machine is not the better choice, and a good specialist will tell you so.
Which patients benefit
Suitability is decided by your diagnosis, your anatomy and your general health, not by availability. Clinic-Y checks which partner hospitals actually operate this technology routinely rather than occasionally, because an underused platform in inexperienced hands offers no advantage over a well-practised conventional approach.
What it means for your cost and stay
Advanced technology is reflected in the written package price from the start; it is never added afterwards. In many cases the shorter hospital stay and faster recovery it allows offset part of the difference, and your Clinic-Y plan states both the technique and the total figure before you commit.
How Clinic-Y matches you to the right platform
- Free case review: a specialist assesses whether this technology genuinely helps your case.
- Hospital shortlist: we compare partner hospitals that use it routinely.
- Written plan and price: named specialist, technique and one all-inclusive figure.
- Coordination and follow-up: transfers, interpreter, hotel and remote reviews after you return.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this technology available at Clinic-Y partner hospitals?
Yes, at selected partners. Which hospital is right for you depends on your diagnosis, and we shortlist only those that use the platform routinely.
Does it cost more?
Any difference is included in your written all-inclusive quote before you travel. Shorter stays and faster recovery often offset part of it.
How do I know it is right for my case?
The free specialist review answers exactly that, and tells you honestly when a conventional approach would serve you equally well.