Hi,
Dennis went in for a routine CT with a PET this week. Long story short, we have an area that is suspicious for a recurrance, but is only showing as a swelling in the airway and no visual symptoms at this point. The ENT ran the scope and can't see anything different than he has seen since dx. The ENT doesn't want to do a biopsy because he is certain that with all the RAD changes, his airway would swell and a trach would have to be inserted. My question is, at what point does the SUV numbers mean anything? Dennis' are at a 2. I've heard different definitions.
Thanks guys,
Mandi

Husband diagnosed with stage III tonsil and floor of mouth cancer in August 2002. Three rounds of chemo/42 RAD treatments. Upper right lung lobectomy in March 2003. (Benign)