OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Thanks for all of your responses! I understand that PET scans are also around $4,000.00 ea whereas a MRT or CT is around $1,000.00. Since UCSF is rated 7th in the country, there is probably a good reason why they require it (but actually my oncologist at Kaiser ordered it). I will ask when I go in for consultation on Friday.
One would have to wonder if it's not a bottom line issue. IMRT is also something that I had to fight for. They were ready to give me the "shotgun" approach when I brought it to their attention. You really DO have to be your own advocate!
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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