 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 507 | Please keep in mind that in modern practice, a combined PET/CT scan is almost always performed. So, if you had a PET, you also had a CT.
CT and MRI isolate organic anatomic changes in the body, PET detect areas of molecular biology detail (often even prior to anatomic change). The PET/CT is just a fusion of this organic and molecular biology and is now normally just referred to as a PET Scan.
Don
TXN2bM0 Stage IVa SCC-Occult Primary
FNA 6/6/08-SCC in node<2cm
PET/CT 6/19/08-SCC in 2nd node<1cm
HiRes CT 6/21/08
Exploratory,Tonsillectomy(benign),Right SND 6/23/08
PEG 7/3/08-11/6/08
35 TomoTherapy 7/16/08-9/04/08 No Chemo
Clear PET/CT 11/15/08, 5/15/09, 5/28/10, 7/8/11
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