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- January 16, 2015 at 10:41 pm
I had a PET scan yeterday and a brain MRI. MRI was clean but the pet scan showed something in my colon. I already had a GI doctor so oncology refered me to him. Of course my mind is in panic mode right now. I like to call them my melanoma moments when I panic about things. I was wondering if anyone knows by the pet scans can they tell if it is melanoma in my colon or could this be a completly seprate issue? When the cancer center called today it was a nurse, not my doctor and the information she was willing to give me was limited. Thanks
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- January 17, 2015 at 2:37 am
PET scans show metabolic uptake. High SUV is indicative of cancer, but not conclusive. Trauma, surgery, arthritis and just weird anatomy can also show uptake. PET scans do have a higher false positive rate than any of the other types of scans. Not good for brain because guess what, you have metabolic activity there. Definitely should be checked out, but don't jump to conclusions!
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- January 17, 2015 at 2:37 am
PET scans show metabolic uptake. High SUV is indicative of cancer, but not conclusive. Trauma, surgery, arthritis and just weird anatomy can also show uptake. PET scans do have a higher false positive rate than any of the other types of scans. Not good for brain because guess what, you have metabolic activity there. Definitely should be checked out, but don't jump to conclusions!
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- January 17, 2015 at 2:37 am
PET scans show metabolic uptake. High SUV is indicative of cancer, but not conclusive. Trauma, surgery, arthritis and just weird anatomy can also show uptake. PET scans do have a higher false positive rate than any of the other types of scans. Not good for brain because guess what, you have metabolic activity there. Definitely should be checked out, but don't jump to conclusions!
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- January 17, 2015 at 4:22 am
Agree with Janner. And I have a friend whose PET CT lit up in the colon area. She had a colonoscopy and it turned out to be a false alarm. So you just never know. She says she has mixed feelings about PET CT for just that reason – twice it has been a false alarm. Other times it has also identified melanoma. So good and bad. I wouldn't panic, just get it checked.
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- January 17, 2015 at 4:22 am
Agree with Janner. And I have a friend whose PET CT lit up in the colon area. She had a colonoscopy and it turned out to be a false alarm. So you just never know. She says she has mixed feelings about PET CT for just that reason – twice it has been a false alarm. Other times it has also identified melanoma. So good and bad. I wouldn't panic, just get it checked.
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- January 17, 2015 at 4:22 am
Agree with Janner. And I have a friend whose PET CT lit up in the colon area. She had a colonoscopy and it turned out to be a false alarm. So you just never know. She says she has mixed feelings about PET CT for just that reason – twice it has been a false alarm. Other times it has also identified melanoma. So good and bad. I wouldn't panic, just get it checked.
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- January 18, 2015 at 7:07 am
Thanks for your input. I am waiting to hear back from the GI doctor. I just met this oncologist last week, my former doctor, who was great, passed away suddenly due to a heart problem. His unfortunate passing really effected me and many of his cancer patients.
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- January 18, 2015 at 7:07 am
Thanks for your input. I am waiting to hear back from the GI doctor. I just met this oncologist last week, my former doctor, who was great, passed away suddenly due to a heart problem. His unfortunate passing really effected me and many of his cancer patients.
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- January 18, 2015 at 7:07 am
Thanks for your input. I am waiting to hear back from the GI doctor. I just met this oncologist last week, my former doctor, who was great, passed away suddenly due to a heart problem. His unfortunate passing really effected me and many of his cancer patients.
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