Aia kekahi mau scans i hiki ke hana ʻia e kōkua i nā kauka e hana i kahi hōʻailona o ka lymphoma a i ʻole ka leukemia lymphocytic maʻi. Hoʻohana pū ʻia nā scans e nānā i ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana a i ʻole e nānā inā ua hoʻi hou mai kāu lymphoma. E kālele ana kēia ʻāpana i nā ʻano scan like ʻole i kauoha ʻia, ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o kēia mau scans, ke kumu i hana ʻia ai, a me nā mea e manaʻo ai.
Hana ʻia nā scans no nā kumu he nui e komo pū ana:
- No ka noiʻi ʻana i nā hōʻailona ma mua o kāu ʻike
- No ka huli ʻana i nā wahi i loko o ke kino i laha ai ka lymphoma i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana – staging
- No ke kōkua ʻana i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi maikaʻi loa no kahi biopsy o kahi puʻupuʻu lymph e hana ʻia no ka ʻike
- No ka nānā ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o kāu lapaʻau ʻana ma ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana - ke kau ʻana
- No ka nānā ʻana i ke kala ʻana o kāu lymphoma (ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ka lymphoma) i ka pau ʻana o ka mālama ʻana
- No ka nānā ʻana i ke kala ʻana o kāu lymphoma
- E ʻike inā ua hoʻi hou mai kāu lymphoma (relapse)
- Hiki ke hana ʻia nā scans e loiloi i nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka mālama ʻana
