"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 507 | The scan frequency and type seems to vary quite a bit between Cancer Centers.
I had my first post-Tx PET/CT after 10 weeks and my second six months thereafter.
I was told I will now be getting a PET/CT scan annually each May, but that doesn't preclude an extra scan if they need one (but, not necessarily a PET/CT).
The PET/CT scans are comparative and they wanted the post-Tx in about ten weeks to compare it to the one they took before Tx and as the post-Tx baseline.
I imagine it is a similar approach at many Cancer Center
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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