Cyclotron at Liverpool Hospital is 'lighting-up' hidden cancerous tumours

By Kate Aubusson
Updated October 2 2017 - 9:43am, first published September 20 2017 - 7:49pm
Cyclotron at Liverpool Hospital is 'lighting-up' hidden cancerous tumours
Cyclotron at Liverpool Hospital is 'lighting-up' hidden cancerous tumours
Cyclotron at Liverpool Hospital is 'lighting-up' hidden cancerous tumours
Cyclotron at Liverpool Hospital is 'lighting-up' hidden cancerous tumours
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - September 20, 2017: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SMH NEWS: 200917: Story by Kate Aubusson: Happier times- Former patient Elizabeth Doonan shares a laugh with Clinical Director of Nuclear Medicine, Dr Peter Lin in front of a Cyclotron at Liverpool Hospital where Elizabeth underwent successful state-of-the-art treatment for life threatening cancer. (Photo by James Alcock/Fairfax Media).
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - September 20, 2017: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SMH NEWS: 200917: Story by Kate Aubusson: Happier times- Former patient Elizabeth Doonan shares a laugh with Clinical Director of Nuclear Medicine, Dr Peter Lin in front of a Cyclotron at Liverpool Hospital where Elizabeth underwent successful state-of-the-art treatment for life threatening cancer. (Photo by James Alcock/Fairfax Media).

As Elizabeth Doonan stared at her PET scans she couldn't comprehend what she was seeing.