Eric,

Thank you for your kind reply and for sharing your experince with your tests earlier this year showing hot spots. I am very happy to hear that nothing showed in your next scan. This is encouraging for us. As in your case, we hope that our oncologist was correct in saying that this could be scar tissue.

We have an office visit with our ENT tomorrow at the USC Norris Cancer Center in Los Angeles and hopefully he won't find anything. He has been our doctor since 2005 and we trust him.

Thank you for the information on the PET false positive rate and SUV. I was not aware.

Likewise, please enjoy your holidays and have a Merry Christmas.

Vince

CG to wife;
Jan 2005 DX SCC Tongue T2N1MO; RND surgery Mar 2005; 35 XRT and 4 cisplatin completed Jul 2005.
Dec 2006 tongue surgery, Scar tissue no cancer.
Feb 2010 neck node FNA - negative.
2010 ORN right jaw plus fracture
2015 ORN left jaw plus fracture
Feb 2016 Lower jaw reconstruction by Fibula free flap+titanium plate - Permanent G-tube
June 2016 Difficulty breathing - Permanent Trachea tube
Dec 2019 DX Cervical cancer - Stage 1 - Surgery Jan 16 2020.
15-20 esophagus/larynx dilations