Hi Erik,

Thought I would add my 2 cents on this one. I just saw my surgeon about one week ago for a routine follow up. I had a CT about three weeks prior to that. My radiation oncologist (whom I had seen about two months earlier) wanted me to ask my surgeon about a pet scan, so I did. Here is my surgeon's opinion (for what it's worth). He feels it's the 'new toy' that a lot of people are now using. He said we can certainly do a pet scan (my local CA center has a pet scanner), but he said with all of the false positives, he wouldn't want to put me through that. He further said (and this really resonated with me) that at present there simply is no good long term clinical data to support its use (in his opinion). This is at odds with my radiation oncologist, who strongly implied that it would be a very good idea to consider adding it to my follow up regimen. Who knows?? Best of luck to you.

David