 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Unfortunatley there is no SOP for PET/CT (or even just PET) post Tx in the NCCN oncology Practice Guidelines. It's done, or not done, on an institution by institution basis. It is the most expensive and time consuming scan and I am sure that the bean counters and insurance companies have strong objections to paying for them. Actually I just checked and even the NCCN workup doesn't include PET or PET/CT (only for "occult primary" and nasopharnyx tumors so far (if not found by MRI or CT)
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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