Eric,

Just to calm you down a bit more. I also had a "hot" lymph node on my PET scan. They did a sono-guided needle biopsy and it was negative for cancer.

If the MRI is a better test, I wonder why they didn't use it to begin with? Call me cynical, but I think PET generates so much revenue for the owners that it is occasionally overused.

Try to rest as easy as you can.

Lynn

Stage 3, N0, M0 oral tongue cancer survivor, 85-90% of tongue removed, neck disection, left tonsil removed, chemo/radiation treatments, surgery 11/03, raditation ended 1/04, lung mets discovered 4/04,