Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 111 | The CT scan can detect action in/on the lungs. The pet scan is more of a full body scan. Most of the time oral cancer, when it spreads, is likely to go to the lungs so perhaps thats why they are recommending it. Personally I would go with both
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