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PET Scans As Cancer Diagnostic Tool – CMS Says OK now without the additional reporting information by Medical Quack Patient ExpertHealth Maven tumor cancers. This NCD removes a clinical study requirement for PET scan use in these patients... cancers. It also expands coverage of PET scans for subsequent follow up testing in beneficiaries...
PET scanning and prostate cancer management today by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor agents used to help to highlight cancer cells), when it comes to prostate cancer, PET scanning is not... yet reimburse for the use of PET scanning as a diagnostic procedure in the treatment of prostate cancer (even...
More on PET scans and their role in prostate cancer detection by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor scanning) as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in patients with prostate cancer was probably best limited... evaluate the diagnostic potential of PET/CT scans using the agent [18F]fluorethylcholine (FEC) to identify positive lymph...
PET scans for metastatic breast cancer by Donna Peach Patient Expert , for metastatic breast cancer, physicians use PET scans to check the progression of cancer, which shows up as hot spots, or bright spots. PET scans can show early activity of cancer sooner than other tests. Unlike CT...
PET scan: assessing activity in metastatic breast cancer by Donna Peach Patient Expert more about PET scans. CancerNews.net has an article by Jacqueline Brunetti, MD,  in its newsletter describing the use of PET scans for assessing metastatic activity. A newsletter article in CancerNews.net describes...
PET SCAN RESULTS by megse5 Patient Expert Just wanted to let everyone know my PET scan is clear of cancer. There are some questions/issues regarding my left kidney but I am not too surprised about that. Next PET will be in December. BIG SIGH OF RELIEF :)
advance preparation: PET scan by Donna Peach Patient Expert PET scans require specific advance preparation. PET scans show glucose uptake to cells, which indicates cell activity and, thus, possible areas of cancer activity. Glucose uptake
PET Scan Results: NEGATIVE by Robert S. Patient Expert My PET Scan results came back negative. I have been in remission since April 15, 2009, but as of today, I have been cancer-free for one year. That was a pretty stressful 30 seconds while on hold
Do PET scans have a role in pretreatment evaluation? by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor , the potential role of currently available PET scans in the early work up of patients at risk for prostate cancer.... Watanabe et al. have carried out a direct comparison of two types of PET scan as well as MRI scanning in...
A combination PET and CT scan more effective than either alone by Katherine B. Patient Expert A combined positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan of the whole body... evaluations (including CT) did not reveal cancer. All of them underwent PET-CT at Mayo Clinic between 2005...

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I have just found out that i have triple negative with at least 1 node involved. I am having surger
first, which is better, chemo or surgery first. the PET scan show no cancer any where else in the body, is the PET scan reliable? r2q4ucrap

Could anyone tell me what a RA factor of 275 means?
Got a clean PET scan, no bone cancer met, I am a nearly 5 year survivor of late stage lung cancer but have never gotten over my overall feeling of ill health, seems to be completely RA related, and have my oncologist's blessings to go ahead to get the RA worked on. I am eager to learn as much as possible. I don't seecrap

My scar has become red and sore. I was rubbng it to make it go away. Should I go to the Doctors?
It has been 4 years since my lumpectomy.  I just had a pet scan that says I am cancer free.  So I started to rub my scar to make it go away, and it got sore so I quit then I noticed that it was red and sore so I am worried that it is infected?  Pehaps the fluid built up  since they took my lymph glands...crap

If lobular breast cancer is "sneaky" and harder to detect; Is it also harder to detect a recurrance?
Should I be receiving PET/CAT scans? I am a 3 year breast cancer survivor. I had a 9cm ILC not seen on mammo. how is a recurrance or mets to other regions detected? SLJcrap

Hi..been a while.. May 6th surgery.. sential node neg.. 1 c.m. invasive stage 1.. 1st oncologist
says do chemo because you are borderline.. TC. Pet scan clear.  Go get 2nd opinion ..she does OncotypeDx..comes back score of 8..no chemo, just tamoxifen...yeah!!!! right..but who do I go with..oncotype says chemo probably wouldn't help.. who do I believe ,   trust the test???? odivously Esterogen...crap

I recently completed a PET/CT Merge Scan and the results indicate
I recently completed a PET/CT Merge Scan and the results indicated "Abnormal uptake in both lobes... any thoughts, comments, and suggestions. PET scanning (positron emission technology) has not been approved... with the same diagnostic dilemma in a patient who presented a PET scan that was done for another primary malignancy...crap

HIV-PET Scan
to see if we can detect undiagnosed cancers. The PET scan is sensitive to the level of tissue activity... PET Scanning Helps Define Course of HIV-1 Infection: A Newsmaker Interview With C. David Pauza, Ph... activation on PET scanning. A second study by C. David Pauza, PhD, and colleagues from the University...crap

Breast Cancer Diagnostic Screening
? And why do some women need a PET scan or CT scan – and some don’t? The daunting array of cancer screening tests is less..., your doctor may order a precautionary PET scan or CT (“cat”) scan, to determine if the cancer in your breast... opening, and an X-ray is taken. If a mass is detected, a biopsy usually follows. PET/CT scans If you...crap

IS BONE SCAN ACCURATE?
I am 6 months out from radiation and I had a bone scan and x-rays  which came back positive for cancer in the 11 rib. Blood test says the markers are fine and it shows no breast cancer cells. The bone scan was compared with the one I had a year ago. Do I need a pet scan? Is the bone scan right? catfishcrap

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if cat scan shows no more cancer should you still complete the rest of the treatments? lennycrap