Mark, they weren't going to do a scan in my case until I had a recurrence and pitched a royal hissy about having only one side of my neck radiated (long story, very boring). Anyway, I wonder if it is the area doctors, the number of false positives may be putting them off doing PET/CT routinely.
It turned out, by the way, that my PET lit up like the Aurora Borealis, and was a false positive.
Thankfully!
Andrea


SCC L lat tongue,Dx 9/15/05 T1N0MX L MND and L lateral hemiglossectomy 10/03/05. Recurrence 11/15/06 2nd surgery 12/04/06 hemiglossectomy 3rd surgery 01/15/07 tonsillectomy Radiation 01/25/07 to 03/08/07 3-D/CRT X 30