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Sherryg683 · 11-03-2007, 08:20 PM

If you get pet/ct scans every 3 or 4 months, shouldn't there not be a need for a mammogram or pap. If there was cancer or something odd, surely the PET would catch it wouldn't it? I just remember that it was almost a year ago when I went in for my pap test and my Gyn told me that there really was no need since I was getting the best scans available for cancer. I don't mind going and getting them but if what would show up would be detected on a PET, then what is the use? ..sherryg

11-03-2007, 08:20 PM	#13
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	If you get pet/ct scans every 3 or 4 months, shouldn't there not be a need for a mammogram or pap. If there was cancer or something odd, surely the PET would catch it wouldn't it? I just remember that it was almost a year ago when I went in for my pap test and my Gyn told me that there really was no need since I was getting the best scans available for cancer. I don't mind going and getting them but if what would show up would be detected on a PET, then what is the use? ..sherryg __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!