I'm wondering if a false negative on a PET really is that rare. My husband had a PET scan before surgery and the PET failed to pick up the 1.7 centimeter tumor in his tonsil and it also didn't pick up a lymph node with metastatic disease.

Anita

Husband Dx 12/02 Stage 4 Tonsil Cancer T1N2bM0; surgery, radiation, chemo 1/03 - 4/03.