Just wondering:

My doctor say that he can't do a PET-CT scan until 3 months after radiation because of the cells healing.

Are there restrictions on an MRI. Isn't a MRI a "picture" of the cancer?

Curious, because I would like to know if the radiation did it's trick sooner than 3 months.

Thanks
Sandyst

Sandy 56, BOT SCC Biopsy 1/21/09 Stage 3, T3NXM0.
Finished 3 cycle induction chemotherapy 4/7/09. (Chisplatin, 5-fu and Texotere). Re-staged 4/20/09,(very successful.) Will start Carboplatin/radiation 2 Gy/5 days/7 weeks (Tomotherapy) starting May 4th. Finished 6/22/09.
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