Instead of my usual rant and rhetoric about Petscans false positives, I will just note that even though the revised NCCN guidelines added Petscans for followup in the newest 2011 version, the chart clearly states there is a "12 week minimum" after TX for Petscans as opposed to a 6 to 8 week minimum for MRI and CT. So there is indeed a basis for hope here.
We do NOT need or want any more members in our recurrence club.
Charm



65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13