 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,412 | Welcome to OCF. I agree with what the others have said. Biopsy is the only definitive way to diagnose cancer. How any Dr. can say it is without a biopsy is beyond me. PET scans aren't even all that reliable. I have a false positive one year ago. Just wait and see what the biopsy says, and run to a CCC if it comes back positive. Keep us posted.
Angelia
31 at Dx.
DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth,
T1NOMO, T2N1M0
TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09
PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement
PEG/PORT: 11/09
TX end: 02/01/10
PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear
PEG Out: 06/21/10
Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis
HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN
Baby girl born 11-30-12
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