confused about mets

dreamonthefly
dreamonthefly Member Posts: 6
edited March 2015 in Head and Neck Cancer #1

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  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #2
    Routine Monitoring...

    Always a chance that cancer could return (mets) short term, or even a new cancer over time...

    But as for monitoring, most do have some form of long term plan for monitoring... The first year or so after having STGIII SCC Tonsils HPV+, I saw my ENT every 2-3 months, my onco every 6-8 weeks, and my rads MD every six months.

    The onco would order CT's or PET scans.., for the first five years, I had a PET scan annually, and a CT annually, six months apart. The ENT would scope me at each visit..

  • dreamonthefly
    dreamonthefly Member Posts: 6
    #3
    Skiffin16 said:

    Routine Monitoring...

    Always a chance that cancer could return (mets) short term, or even a new cancer over time...

    But as for monitoring, most do have some form of long term plan for monitoring... The first year or so after having STGIII SCC Tonsils HPV+, I saw my ENT every 2-3 months, my onco every 6-8 weeks, and my rads MD every six months.

    The onco would order CT's or PET scans.., for the first five years, I had a PET scan annually, and a CT annually, six months apart. The ENT would scope me at each visit..

    thx...but I am still

    thx

  • wmc
    wmc Member Posts: 1,804
    #4
    dreamonthefly said:

    thx...but I am still

    thx

    Need more of what your question is.

    Metastasis - (mets) Spreading of the cancer. It started in one place [like a tumor in your throat] and sperad to a different part of your body.

    You might try this link :  http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/what-is-cancer/metastatic-fact-sheet

     

    National Cancer Institute

    Biomedical research Organization

    Hope this will help

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