Ward,
3 month PETs are notorious for false positives. The BOT area was highly radiated. This will cause your body to repair the tissue which will cause the uptake to be elevated.
3 months was chosen because it a balance between when enough healing has occurred and a chance to catch other problems early. Pushing it out 6 months make false positives much lower, but I am not sure if "not knowing for 6 months" would make the patient happier. I would be happy with "very positive".
Hockey Dad
43, No smoke, Small BOT HPV+16
8/30/12 Biopsy found SCC in Lymph node (removed)
9/19 DX 4a T1N2aM0
10/1 TX 2x Cisplatin 35 IMRT 70 gry (Done 11/15)
PEG tube in 11/7. Out 1/4, Back at work 2/4/13
PET 2/13 Clear, 10/16 all Scopes Clear, 4/14 Chest X-ray Clear, 5/14 Abdominal ultrasound Clear, 8 yrs clean!!!
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