 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I fully agree with Brian but the NCCN oncology practice guidelines have yet to specify PET or PET/CT for followup and many countires use those standards as well as in the US. PET's and PET/CT's are among the most expensive scan. I had one for triage purposes only. At least I get an annual MRI and a chest x-ray.
I think that the real issue here is the looming bankrupting of the medical health care system once the baby boomers crash the system all at once, which we are poised to do (along with social security). The same thing happened over 50 years ago with birthing units. The growth industry in the next decade will be the funeral business.
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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