My father was diagnosed with lung cancer
in january. They successfully removed
the tumor and right lobe of the lung. As
a follow up in july, my father received
another pet scan. Hot spots came up in
his lymph nodes and lining of his lung.
He went from a stage 1 to a stage 111b
within 6 months.
after speaking with his oncologist, they
recommended chemo, but not radiation
because his lungs are in bad shape. They
will do a combo of taxol and carboplatin.
Please let me know of alternatives since
he will not undergo radiation along with
chemotherapy.
Also, sloan kettering doctors are
questioning some of the hot spots on the
pet scan. 2 of the 6 doctors feel some
of the spots may be scar tissue from
surgery. They want to review his
original cat scan (pre surgical) and
compare it to the new one. Do you know
anything about pet scans and scar tissue?
thank you,
kate
