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Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 | TomM,
From everything I've seen on this site, I think it's quite typical NOT to have a PET scan soon after treatment -- there can be so much scarring (and other irregularities) in the treated area that doctors can't get a meaningful read and can too often get false positives, which is why they will wait awhile to do followup scans.
Cathy
Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989
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