Question about scans for all of you. I had PET/CT scans after my diagnosis but before my surgery on May 11th. My doctor told me that they will not be doing scans again until 6 months after the radiation/chemo is finished because they are getting way too many false positives at 3 months with the after effects of the radiation. Is this similar to other's experiences here? Also, will they give me a PET/CT before my radiation begins in 2 weeks? I realize I just had the surgery 1 month ago, but wouldn't they want to know if something else is growing so they could target that with radiation too? Thanks for the information.

DX on 05/01/06 with SCC of right tongue. 05/11/06 surgery-tumor 1.2cm & 4 cm clear margins & parital glos. & neck dissection with removal of 34 nodes/1 positive at 4mm)T1N1MO
35 IGRT & 3 cycles of chemo (1 cisplatin & 2 carbo-complete on 8/9/06.