Hi,
I finished chemo radiotherapy for hypopharangeal cancer in early November, and so far it looks like I won’t be getting a three month scan before my next oncology appointment in two weeks.
Should I be worried? How important is this?
I have been asking my nurse team to chase this for me but so far, nothing doing.
Thanks in advance :)
Hi PeanutDriver
A good few if not most oncologists now think 12 weeks is far too early to be doing a post treatment PET because the scan can’t easily differentiate between inflammation and residual cancer. I know mine would have liked to scan at six months or even a year but was mindful of patient anxiety.
My scan was at 16 weeks.
Just bring it up at your next review and don’t worry
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
