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Re: Pet Scan
I'm not sure why your health care team didn't do a PET/CT scan after your chemo. I was stage 3C at diagnosis with cancer in my supraclavicle nodes. The PET/CT scan after the chemo showed no cancer in the nodes or anywhere else. Perhaps this was done to determine if surgery also needed to be done to remove these nodes? I'm not sure. I see that your cancer was found at stage 2. Perhaps that is the difference.
I'd want to get the PET/CT scan but that's just me.
Take care
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8/2013 Diagnosed IDC Left Breast ER-/PR-/HER2+ Stage 3C, DCIS ER+/PR+/HER2- Right Breast (54 yr)
8/2013 PET/CT scan shows mass in uterues and suprclavicular nodes
8/20/13 Begin 6 rounds TCH chemo, Perjeta added for rounds 4-6
9/2013 After 1st round of chemo, mass in neck and breast no longer able to feel
11/2013 Hysterectomy, mass from PET/CT scan not cancer (adenomylosis)
12/2013 Finished chemo
1/2014 Double mastectomy with chest expanders
1/2014 Pathology report from surgery and SNB show complete pathological response!
3/2014 Finish IMRT radiation
8/2014 Fat transfer to radiated breast
8/2014 Completed 1 yr of Herceptin
10/2014 exchange surgery expanders removed implants placed
6/2015 3D nipple and areola tattoos
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