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Iffy PET scan

fishingirl
fishingirl CSN Member Posts: 188
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Hi there! Well? Yesterday, I went over my pET scan results with my surgeon. He said he is not sure if it is scarring is shows, or still cancer. It has been 7 months since my last radiation treatment, and he feels I should of been healed faster than it shows. So now I am waiting to be booked for a biopsy. I have an appt. with my Oncologist June 15, and will know more then about when. I am praying it is just scar tissue:)Please!! Or...I guess it will be radiation again.

Cindy
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  • Hondo
    Hondo CSN Member Posts: 6,636 Member
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    Hi Cindy


    I know it is a scary thing to hear this kind of report, but hang in there as sometimes the PET scan can’t always pick-up and see the different between cancer and scar tissue. Remember I am 5 years passed treatment and all my PET scans and all my biopsies say I still have cancer but the doctors can’t understand why it is not growing and why I am not dead.

    Even with the best equipment they have, does not always give the correct information, still a lot of false positive on PET scans.

    I will be praying for you
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  • Kent Cass
    Kent Cass CSN Member Posts: 1,898 Member
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    Hondo said:

    Hi Cindy


    I know it is a scary thing to hear this kind of report, but hang in there as sometimes the PET scan can’t always pick-up and see the different between cancer and scar tissue. Remember I am 5 years passed treatment and all my PET scans and all my biopsies say I still have cancer but the doctors can’t understand why it is not growing and why I am not dead.

    Even with the best equipment they have, does not always give the correct information, still a lot of false positive on PET scans.

    I will be praying for you

    Yes
    I echo Hondo's post, Cindy. My 1-year was clean, but my 3-month supposedly "may have shown something." You are in our Prayers- know that.

    Believe

    kcass
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  • fishingirl
    fishingirl CSN Member Posts: 188
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    Kent Cass said:

    Yes
    I echo Hondo's post, Cindy. My 1-year was clean, but my 3-month supposedly "may have shown something." You are in our Prayers- know that.

    Believe

    kcass

    Thank you for your response.
    Thank you for your response. I treasure your positive feedback:)

    Cindy
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