 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | There are limits to the resolution of any of the non-pathology diagnostics. I was told that an MRI was down to pencil eraser size. I don't know the limits of PET or CAT scans. My tonsil cancer did not show up on a MRI two weeks before surgery either. In fact the ENT was not able to see the cancer until the tonsil was out, and yet I had 3 nodes positive.
Jeff, You might think of the medical process as a series of hurdles. You cleared one but you need to keep going until you win!
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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