 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Pet scans will often yield false positives if given too soon post Tx and scar tissue will have a high uptake as well. Post Tx PET scans are not part of the standard NCCN oncology practice guidelines for post Tx follow-up so many of us here, including myself, have never had a post Tx PET. I do get an annual MRI, chest x-ray and regular exams from the H&N surgeon (who always has the last call no matter what the scans say).
Last edited by Gary; 02-26-2008 04:14 AM.
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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