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SunDiego · 08-20-2010, 10:24 AM

No PET scan before surgery - but MRI w/ Mammograms. Ironically the initial MRI showed the liver mass in passing, which led to two additional MRIs with contrast. Despite that they did not request the full restaging until we went to the new Onc.

A liver biopsy was done on Monday of this week, and the results confirmed it to be breast metastasis.

The CTC (circulating tumor test) was done last week, and that came up a 0. Seems odd to be a zero, no??

(No chemosensitivity testing was done)

08-20-2010, 10:24 AM	#43
SunDiego Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 34	Re: Pet Scan for Stage 1? No PET scan before surgery - but MRI w/ Mammograms. Ironically the initial MRI showed the liver mass in passing, which led to two additional MRIs with contrast. Despite that they did not request the full restaging until we went to the new Onc. A liver biopsy was done on Monday of this week, and the results confirmed it to be breast metastasis. The CTC (circulating tumor test) was done last week, and that came up a 0. Seems odd to be a zero, no?? (No chemosensitivity testing was done)