PET/CT scans in Canada range in fee from $1,000 CAD to $3,500 CAD, depending on the location. (To you give you an idea, British Columbia is least expensive while Quebec is most expensive.)

In the USA, they range from $3,000 USD to $6,500 USD, depending on location and additional services associated with the scan.

When you use our PET-CT Scan Coordination Service, our team will find the scanning clinic that is closest to you and the least costly – and you will always have the option to choose the facility that works best for your needs.

We work hard to make these leading-edge diagnostics accessible to as many patients as possible! 

Our PET/CT coordination program costs $497 CAD. (Approx. $360 USD.)

This fee includes:

• The cost of our Medical Doctor reviewing your file and completing your requisition form.

• Our administrative team's time to find and book you in for a scan at the clinic of your choice ASAP.

• A phone call from our director, Alex Rolland, within 48 hours after your scan to discuss your results and best next steps.

• Submitting the scan results to your treatment team.

We are often able to get you booked and scanned within the same week you reach out to us. The longest wait for a private PET/CT scan would be around 2 weeks (for certain regions in Canada with fewer scanning clinics, for example).

Statistics from studies conducted all around the world show that treatment plans are changed 95% of the time based on the PET/CT results!

If your scan results indicate that there is anything that needs to change regarding your staging and/or treatment plan – whether for surgery, radiation, or treatment options – our team is here to help you figure out what your best next steps are.

We will ensure that every step moving forward happens as quickly and effortlessly as possible. We will guide you and your treatment team towards the very best possible treatment that science-based medicine can provide you today.

If you would like our team to arrange a PET/CT scan or PSMA/PET scan for you, just do this:

• Click any of the orange buttons on this page

• You will be taken to an intake form

• Fill out your intake form and click 'Submit'

• You will then be taken to a secure payment page

• After you make your secure payment, our Medical Office Director, Lindsey, will follow-up with you within 24 business hours

• And our team will get things going for you ASAP!

If you would like to speak with us to ask questions prior to filling our your form, you can email our Medical Office Director, Lindsey, at admin@ctoam.com or give our office a call at (+1) 778-999-5463.

We're happy to talk with you and ensure you have the answers you need in order to feel confident about your choices during this challenging time.

PET/CT and thorough genetic testing will give you and your treatment team the most accurate treatment plan. But what does that really mean? I mean, how far away from "thorough" is your standard of care diagnosis? 

Well, right now – as of late 2023 – "thorough genetic testing" means identifying, across as much of your personal genome as possible, which mutations and molecular features are involved in your cancer. And that means ensuring you have both DNA and RNA testing – not just one or the other! – as well as one or two other specific types of tests based on your specific type of cancer. And you want to ensure you have a genetic panel that looks at a minimum of 350 genes: ideally, you want a 550+ gene tumour DNA panel and a 21,000 gene RNA panel. 

If you’re not sure whether you’ve had genetic testing, don’t just ask your doctor if you’ve had genetic testing. Instead, ask them to provide you with the following:

a) The name of the test used and 

b) A complete copy of the results of the testing. (Our team can also facilitate this for you if you prefer.)

Seeing the test results will allow you, or other experts like our team, to assess the thoroughness of your testing so far and ensure that any genetics that have been performed are being applied as effectively as possible. For example, our team will do this for you as part of your Precision Second Opinion consultation and follow-up.

Always remember: only 20% of doctors surveyed in the USA in 2023 say that they feel they have even a moderate sense of confidence in how, and when, to use genetic testing and how to apply the results of the tests to inform their treatment of their individual patients. That is not a lot!

Given the tens of thousands of scientific papers showing the massive benefits of targeted therapies and properly applied immune therapies – which can only be identified and accessed for you with genetic testing – it is reasonable to consider it negligent of our cancer care system that this testing is not provided to every single cancer patient immediately upon diagnosis. However, that’s a topic for another day. 

The most important point here is there is so much that can be done to enhance standard of care and to significantly increase your odds of beating cancer – whether you are stage I, or stage IV, or anywhere in between.

Our team provides all the support that your doctor needs to access the best possible treatment(s) for you – even if the treatment is brand new to them or has never been used at their cancer centre before. As long as it’s FDA-approved, which all of our treatment recommendations are, then your doctor can prescribe it for you.

And that is what we are here for! To help advocate with your treatment team for your best care; to stand by to assist in coordination of the best treatment options for you; advocate with your doctors; and, if needed, arrange further testing of your tumour DNA, RNA, or other important indicators of which many hundreds of new FDA approved, non-chemotherapy treatments would give you the greatest possible benefit.

Visit our YouTube channel and search for your cancer type to learn a bit more about the many hundreds of different types of non-chemo-based FDA approved therapies for your cancer type. And be sure to watch the PET/CT video that I shared at the top of this page to learn more about PET-CT scans.