Get Virtual Care
PET breast cancer recurrence
Body locations
Related questions
A 44-year old asked:
Which test is more accurate in detecting breast cancer recurrence: a PET or an ultrasound?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A member asked:
What is the definition or description of: PET-CT breast cancer staging?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 57-year old female asked:
Had a pet scan for breast cancer, showed fluid on the lung ?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 26-year old male asked:
What could be the causes of increased uptake by a nonenlarged subcarinal node on pet scan in a patient with breast cancer?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 62-year old female asked:
PET scan in Jan 2013 showed 4 cancerous nodules in lungs from breast cancer. New PET scan July 2013 - lung spots no longer metabolically active; does this mean they are no longer cancerous?
1 doctor answer • 8 doctors weighed in
A 46-year old female asked:
Oct 2012-Pet Scan done with 2 areas of concern after breast cancer dx....had biopsy and bone scan that were both neg...all cancer treatment done and #2 Pet showed same areas-no change..why bone scan?
2 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in
A 58-year old female asked:
Do I need a pet scan after surviving breast cancer? I had breast cancer (stage 1) and treatment was successful. I just had a mammogram and there was no cancer. Treatments were chemotherapy and radiation.
3 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
A 47-year old female asked:
An MRI in Nov 2012 showed a radiological cyst on L. femur; pain since May 2012. I have Stage 111C breast cancer. Should I get a PET /CT?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
Does most women with stage 2 breast cancer always have a recurrence?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 32-year old asked:
How to stop fearing that I am going to die from recurrence of breast cancer?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 43-year old asked:
What are the odds of a breast cancer recurrence?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 36-year old asked:
What is the likelihood of breast cancer recurrence?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 33-year old asked:
Do most women with stage 2a breast cancer always have a recurrence?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 41-year old asked:
Can an oopherectomy reduce breast cancer recurrence in premenopausal women?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
A 44-year old asked:
Is it possible to have a recurrence from triple negative breast cancer even after being in remission for 10 years?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 49-year old female asked:
I have a new tiny lump in scar from breast cancer surgery, is this a recurrence?
1 doctor answer • 7 doctors weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
Is arimidex (anastrozole) when given as prevention of recurrence of breast cancer only used with estrogen receptive cancer?
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
A 52-year old female asked:
The bone dr gave me strontium ranelate for my osteoporosis T-3.5. Is it true it increases risk for breast cancer recurrence?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 36-year old asked:
Can I remove the cancer or do I remove both the breasts?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 49-year old asked:
Can you tell me if there is any causes of breast lumps besides cancer?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 36-year old asked:
Is there another explanation for the lump in my breast other than cancer?
1 doctor answer • 6 doctors weighed in
A 46-year old asked:
Breast change - should I get it checked? do you need to have lumps to have cancer?
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
A 38-year old asked:
What causes breast lumps? What other than cancer could cause lumps or changes in my breast?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 42-year old asked:
How can I tell if a breast lump is cancer?
5 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in
A 24-year old female asked:
Fluid taken of cyst in breast is red mean cancer?
2 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
A 34-year old asked:
I have really hard lumpy breasts. Can it be cancer?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
A 31-year old asked:
Besides cancers what might cause breast pain in the man?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 40-year old asked:
Could a bb sized lump in the breast near the surface that doesn't move be cancer?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 41-year old asked:
If I choose breast-sparing surgery, how much of my breast has to be taken if cancer?
4 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
A 55-year old female asked:
does the breast HAVE to have dimpling or puckering at site of mass for it to be cancer?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
