 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Marica,
Indeed they do and he's going to have negative scan results (meaning they will NOT find anything that they are looking for). If his regular ENT exams have all been good then this is merely a formality.
On the PET scan, the results are almost instantaneous - just look for the black spots (indicating irregular glucous uptake)- ignoring the bladder of course. They still require interpretation by the radiologist.
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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