Kendall --

DO NOT get overly concerned about the PET scan results. I had my first PET just about the same interval after treatment as your husband (my tx ended 7/11/07, 1st PET was 10/2/07). Report came back with three lymph nodes "concerning for metastatic disease". My MO, RO and surgeon all looked at the report, looked at the scan and said I had nothing to worry about, just effects of treatment. Sure enough, when scan was repeated in December, two of the suspect areas were gone and one was less obvious.

THere are any number of threads on this site devoted to PET results and false positives. Do you know what the SUV values were for the nodes showing up on the scan?

Hang in there!


Jeff
SCC Right BOT Dx 3/28/2007
T2N2a M0G1,Stage IVa
Bilateral Neck Dissection 4/11/2007
39 x IMRT, 8 x Cisplatin Ended 7/11/07
Complete response to treatment so far!!