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Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | Some get the scan a few months out. My team is waiting for 5 months. They say they get too many false positives with early scans. My tumor area is visable with the naked eye (soft palet) so most of the early follow ups have been simple visual exams.
Kelly
Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR
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