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To scan or not, that is the question!
Hi lovely ladies. I’m seeing my oncologist tomorrow for chemo and radiation regime. I asked him about getting a PET scan before and he advised it could give false positives and doesn’t recommend. It’...
I get the anxiety. PET scans only show clusters of cells - not individual ones - so a negative scan only tells you there’s nothing biggish right now. There’s no scan available that will tell you how many malignant cells escaped and are travelling around. And following chemo there’s no way of knowing if it’s been effective. Just have to cross all fingers and toes!! It sounds crazy but that’s how it is. Constant stress - yep!!