Angelia

My doctors don't even suggest a PETscan anymore due to the false positives and negatives they have seen with mine. At least for base of tongue cancers, I've seen figures of 50% error rates .
Why, because a PetScan cannot differentiate between your tongue healing itself at a rapid rate or a cancer tumor. Worse, it can give you false assurance that all is well and miss the slower sugar uptake of the tiny tumor recurring. All of that has happened to me. The CT and MRI have always been accurate though. If your MRI is clear, it's unlikely your cancer is back.
Charm

Last edited by Charm2017; 12-10-2010 12:45 PM. Reason: typos

65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13