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bone scan question

zenmonk
zenmonk CSN Member Posts: 198
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Devasted posted bad news about the bone scan. My question for the board is how do they detect bone mets. Is it only possible to detect this via a bone scan? My pet and ct's have came back clear but how do I know if its gotten to my bones?
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  • dorookie
    dorookie CSN Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #2
    Good Question
    I wondered that myself, i was having extreme lower back pain, and pain shots were not working on me, I automatically thought it was the cancer that it had gotten into my bones, thankful I was wrong, it was a bad slipped disc that required surgery but it wasnt cancer.

    But I am interested in what others think...

    HUGS
    Beth
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  • La.Grammy
    La.Grammy CSN Member Posts: 35
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    The doctors did a ct scan,
    The doctors did a ct scan, bone scan & a pet scan on my husband.
    All of the scans showed the colon cancer & a mass involving his left mid rib.
    They had to do a biopsy of the rib area to determine that it was colon cancer which had spread to the bone.

    Jeannie
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  • taraHK
    taraHK CSN Member Posts: 1,952 Member
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    pet
    I have bone mets currently. Detected on routine follow-up PET scan. I was (and remain) completely asymptomatic.

    They were able to biopsy one to determine it really was a met.

    I'm currently on chemo (which is working - yea! PET after 4 cycles showed every met has shrunk) and also taking a medicine called Zometa (sp?), which supposedly strengthens them bones.

    Tara
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