India, Oct. 18 -- The PET-CT scan, an expensive diagnostic investigation essential for accurate cancer diagnosis, determining the stage and spread of the disease and assessing treatment outcomes will now be available under the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana and Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. This major decision, taken by the public health department of the state government, will being much relief for cancer patients.

As per the government resolution issued on Friday, PET-CT scans have been included as an 'Add-on Diagnostic Procedure' in 63 cancer treatment packages. The investigation has also been approved as a 'Regular/Primary Diagnostic Procedure' for 13 types of cancer treatments. In Mumbai's five-star hos...