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I was given a similar choice last June. I chose to do the biopsy right then and there. Turns out it was cancer for the 3rd time.
A biopsy is the only way to tell for sure if its cancer. Not sure exactly why an MRI would be suggested, it would not prove you had cancer. I was given an MRI before my surgery. It was for measurements to make the steel jaw.
Not sure if you are aware, but PET scans are known to give false positives. I speak from experience with that, Im sure its happened to many others on here too. Hope it turns out to be a false positive reading and nothing more.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
