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A member asked:
What is the definition or description of: PET-CT breast cancer staging?
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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?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Do CT scans of the chest/ abdomin in teen males cause breast cancer?
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A 53-year old female asked:
Should drs give a baseline DEXA at the start of taking arimidex (anastrozole) for breast cancer to monitor bone loss?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can breast cancer be spotted through a chest ct scan?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Can a CT scan be wrong in metaststic breast cancer to the lung if the pt is on on chemotherapy and breast cancer was stage 2 grade 3 at diagnosis?
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A 39-year old female asked:
How would lung cancer or breast cancer cause upper back pain? I have had ct chest ok/ MRI throactic no contrast OK. Missed cancer?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Upper back pain one year. Ct of chest in Nov 12 OK. MRI spine OK. Could this be missed breast cancer? I had mammogram sept 12 OK. Not present at rest
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A 32-year old female asked:
Had CT scan to check for kidney stones,and few weeks later had MRI of lumbar spine.I am a woman in thirties.Does this increase risk of breast cancer?
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A 44-year old female asked:
In monitoring the possible recurrences of breadt cancer what does CEA levels means?
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A 31-year old asked:
Help please. Could breast cancer show up on a cat scan of the heart or lungs?
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A 55-year old female asked:
Do doctors know by looking at the PET and CT scans if the patient has cancer?
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A 37-year old asked:
If I get radiation and chemotherapy for my esophageal cancer and have clean CT and PET scans, will I still need surgery?
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A 26-year old female asked:
if 61 yr M had a -ve whole body PET+CT done for renal mets 1 yr ago,how long we can postpone colonoscopy (first time)screening for colon cancer?
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A member asked:
What is the definition or description of: PET-CT lung cancer diagnosis?
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A 65-year old female asked:
PET/CT scan result states increased tracer accumilation around the biliary stent to the Duodenum does this mean the cancer is spreading to intestine?
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A 59-year old female asked:
How much ct and pet scans are safe in one year from radiation exposure on 59 yea old woman dx lung nodules. one more year to go for monitoring
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A 33-year old male asked:
11/9 CT- multiple bilateral lung nodules. 11/22 CT/PET-focal increased activity SUV5.5 suspect cancer in 1 of them. What could it be besides cancer?
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A 35-year old asked:
What does a PET scan of my esophageal cancer show that a CT scan doesn't?
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A 33-year old male asked:
11/9 CT- multiple bilateral lung nodules. 11/22 CT/PET-focal increased activity SUV5.5 suspect cancer in 1. Should I see a pulm doc or thoriac surg?
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A 59-year old female asked:
Monitored one year so far lungnodules with pet and ct scans. sofar so good. concern is the ct scan radiation for this second year that will be checke?
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A 62-year old female asked:
What is better X-ray to find liver cancer CT or PET scan or some other?
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A 44-year old female asked:
The lymph node in my growin is enlarged and my cancer doctor is suggesting surgery is this being rushed we have done a ct scann, x-rays, and a pet ?
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A 32-year old female asked:
How much radio activity causes Cancer bc I have had several CT, scans MRI EEGS PET SCANS A EKG and a Heart Echogram plus 3 brain resections?
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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.
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A 57-year old female asked:
Had a pet scan for breast cancer, showed fluid on the lung ?
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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?
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A 44-year old asked:
Which test is more accurate in detecting breast cancer recurrence: a PET or an ultrasound?
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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?
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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?
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