 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,294 Likes: 1 | According to my surgeon who did his fellowship at MSKCC, he said the phrase was something like Simply Useless Value.
He explained there are many other indicators besides SUV that indicate if something on PET/CT is actually neoplastic.
I think we here attach more importance to SUV than is likely warranted but we have very little training to understand the other indicators we sort of cling to this one.
Of course very high and low SUV values are far more predictive, I just think that range of 3-9 give or take is not very conclusive either way.
Don
Male, 1955
Great health except C
Dec '12
DX: BOT SCC T2N2bMx, Stage 4a, HPV+, multiple nodes
1 tooth out
Jan '13
2nd tooth out
Tumor Board -induction TPF (3 cycles), seq CRT
4-6/2013
CRT 70gr 2x35, weekly carbo150
ended 5/29,6/4
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