Bone Mets!

When I was having severe pain in my lower back (was in the hospital for IL2 treatment at the time) the Dr. ordered an MRI which showed 2 lesions.  The pain had been getting progressively worse over the course of 2mos. ( I was in a clinical trial study at that time in which it appeared the treatment was working until we did the 3mo. CT and it had shown the mel had progressed greatly.  )  Fast forward until now.  I recently had my 3rd CT scan since completing 2 rounds of IL2 treatment. In the path report the bone mets were referred to as *lytic disease* *lytic lesions*.  So…my point is ititially they were found on an MRI but the CT must show something for it to be in the report.  I have just begun to be more active in research so I can only my expierence for now.

Karin

When I was having severe pain in my lower back (was in the hospital for IL2 treatment at the time) the Dr. ordered an MRI which showed 2 lesions.  The pain had been getting progressively worse over the course of 2mos. ( I was in a clinical trial study at that time in which it appeared the treatment was working until we did the 3mo. CT and it had shown the mel had progressed greatly.  )  Fast forward until now.  I recently had my 3rd CT scan since completing 2 rounds of IL2 treatment. In the path report the bone mets were referred to as *lytic disease* *lytic lesions*.  So…my point is ititially they were found on an MRI but the CT must show something for it to be in the report.  I have just begun to be more active in research so I can only my expierence for now.

Karin

A bone scan is differwent than a PET/CT scan. My wife recently had both – the CT scan discovered the tumors inside her spinal column, which the bone scan would not. She did not have any bone tumors.

"A bone scan is a test to help find the cause of your back pain. It can be done to find damage to the bones, find cancer that has spread to the bones, and watch problems such as infection and trauma to the bones. A bone scan can often find a problem days to months earlier than a regular X-ray test.

For a bone scan, a radioactive substance is injected into a vein in your arm. This substance, called a tracer, travels through your bloodstream and into your bones. This could take several hours.

A special camera takes pictures of the tracer in your bones. Areas that absorb little or no amount of tracer appear as dark or "cold" spots. This could show a lack ofblood supply to the bone or certain types of cancer.

Areas of fast bone growth or repair absorb more tracer and show up as bright or "hot" spots in the pictures. Hot spots may point to problems such as arthritis, a tumor, a fracture, or an infection."

Nick

A bone scan is differwent than a PET/CT scan. My wife recently had both – the CT scan discovered the tumors inside her spinal column, which the bone scan would not. She did not have any bone tumors.

"A bone scan is a test to help find the cause of your back pain. It can be done to find damage to the bones, find cancer that has spread to the bones, and watch problems such as infection and trauma to the bones. A bone scan can often find a problem days to months earlier than a regular X-ray test.

For a bone scan, a radioactive substance is injected into a vein in your arm. This substance, called a tracer, travels through your bloodstream and into your bones. This could take several hours.

A special camera takes pictures of the tracer in your bones. Areas that absorb little or no amount of tracer appear as dark or "cold" spots. This could show a lack ofblood supply to the bone or certain types of cancer.

Areas of fast bone growth or repair absorb more tracer and show up as bright or "hot" spots in the pictures. Hot spots may point to problems such as arthritis, a tumor, a fracture, or an infection."

Nick