As several folks have said it is not at all unusual for something "suspicious" to show up on a first scan. Especially one done only six weeks out of treatment, the usual recommendation now is 3 months for a first PET/CT, to reduce (but not eliminate) the risk of false positives.

We asked our ENT what he would do if Barry's PET/CT showed something suspicious. He said, he would order an MRI of the area, then wait a month and do another PET/CT and see what changes had taken place. If it still looked suspicious, then surgery or biopsy might be in order, depending on location.

Fortunately Barry's PET/CT showed nothing that was not obviously inflammation from the treatment. His second scan, which they do at Hopkins at 6 months, showed that all this had resolved and there was no sign of the cancer.

Gail