My ENT has me get an MRI/CT once a year. I know the radiologist who prepares the written report for the MRI company recommends one every six months but my ENT feels that seeing her every three months for mouth and throat palpitation and exam would alert us if something was happening.
All four of my CCC medical team (RO, MO, ENT & prothodontist)feel that PET scans give too many false positives for base of tongue cancer plus they miss too many recurrences of base of tongue tumors to be reliable. I understand it may be different for cancer on other parts of the tongue.
Charm