Oct 9, 2014 · Hi Teresa, PET scans are definitely more sensitive in detecting bone mets than CTs, but even PET results can be ambiguous. In his Bone Metastases in Lung Cancer - An Introduction, Dr. …

Aug 28, 2012 · Perhaps I should have started a new thread because my question was about doing mutation tests from tissue/bone taken from iliac bone. Whether such procedure is possible.

Nov 16, 2014 · After 6 rounds of Carbo/Alimta, my mom's adenocarcinoma (KRAS) remained stabile -- showed slight shrinkage and decreased FDG uptake numbers, EXCEPT that a new small …

May 14, 2018 · What does "Mildly FDG avid right hilar nodes favored to be reactive" mean? Can't get my Oncologist to call me back to explain this from a PET Scan reading.

Sep 9, 2012 · We met the doctors yesterday and today to discuss in detail the strategy to be followed after my husband's progression, two different oncologists and one radiologist. The progression in the …

Sep 6, 2013 · 2. Several other metastatic lesions involving the iliac wings as well as the L3 and L5 vertebral bodies. Questionable "metastasis versus hemangiomata in the T12 vertebral body. 3. …

May 8, 2014 · Question: Are older NSCLC patients with ECOG performance status 4 considered for EGFR TKIs ? If so, how can I find a Medical Oncologist willing to take me as a patient? I'm in …

Oct 2, 2019 · I'm back for your guidance - this time with my mom's latest PET CT which shows "widespread osteoblastic metastatic PET avid disease within the axial skeleton as well as more …

Mar 1, 2013 · His latest scans show that bone mets we knew about in spine (vertebroplasty/rad. in Feb2012) have also spread extensively, in adddition to T9, to the pelvic area (right iliac wing, into the …

Sep 3, 2012 · If a bone met can yield this much tissue through a CT guided needle biopsy, why should any oncologist insist on cutting a bone out in which it is not known whether a tumour exists or not. …