 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I have to agree with Margaret and David that 3 months might be a little optomistic foe a PET, especially with all of the surgery you have had with radiation. 6 months might be more realistic. 3 months might make sense for a post Tx, baseline MRI however.
From past experience I can tell you there is nothing more terrifying than a "bad" scan report only to find out days later that the secondary reading says it's no big deal.
Last edited by Gary; 07-06-2009 12:23 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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