I keep wondering this, and I'm sure it has been addressed before on this board, but if spots light up due to radiation, how do they determine that it is radiation, and not cancer cells? My husband goes Monday for his first scan since his treatment ended April 4. I don't want to let him know how nervous I am.
Michele

Michele, caregiver to husband, Jesse, SCC diagnosed 1/5/06 unknown primary, lf neck mass >6 cm. Chemo (Cisplatin 2x; Carboplatin & Taxol 2x) & XRT radiation 39X ending 4/4/06. Rad neck dissection 8.5 hrs 4/13/06. 30 HBO treatments Fall 2006.