Steve, I asked my doc about this as I had a false positive on nodes for my pre-surgery PET. My neck was like a Christmas tree on the PET, but none of the nodes came back positive at surgery.

He said he prefers the CT with contrast as all my scopes are coming back clear, but offered the PET if I wanted it. I was actually more worried about another false positive, so I'm going to stick with the CT.

Tina
Diag: Aug. 13/12
T3N0M0
50% + glossectomy and bilateral radical neck dissection, removal of nodes zones I - V
Surgery October 11/12
Chemo/rad on hold due to clear margins and nodes
Sept 21/13 clear CT with anomaly thought to be the artery, being watched closely.
Dec 16/13 - anomaly confirmed artery, all clear
nickname: "get 'r done"
Plans: kick cancer's butt