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CJD_2023
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2 years ago

Does everyone have a PET /CT scan when lymph nodes positive?

Just wandering if everyone has a PET/CT scan for staging when nodes are positive? My pathology came back after left mastectomy and ALND with 3 sentinel nodes positive for cancer, the other 9 showed...
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Abbydog
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2 years ago
I've always wondered if I should have had PET scan. 
My diagnosis was in 2020. Of Stage 2 grade 3 BC oestrogen sensitive.
My original tests were Core Breast biopsy, needle axilla biopsy, When these were positive I had a whole body bone scan, and CT chest, abdomen and pelvis. No PET.