Re: CT Scan results odd -- would like opinions!

July 9, 2005

I would try not to get too excited either way about the results. I

think every one of my CT or PET scans has shown something that should

not be there. This is probably why they don't recommend that you get

a full body scan without a reason. There are too many false positives

to trust it.

I'm not saying that your scan showed a false positive. I just think

that you and the Doc need to see some other supporting evidence that

this is indeed what's happening. If your CEA was still up then that

would be an indication of what's going on.

I don't think that it can't happen the way you described the tumor

growth. One tumor could be mutated differently from the rest of

them. The tumors that are going away are effected by the chemo you

are doing but the other isn't due to the mutation. Cancer is like

that which is why it's such a difficult disease to treat.

Again, I'm no doctor so my opinions are just opinions. Any other

ideas out there?

Miracles happen!

Cliff H.

> I have stage 4 with mets to liver and lungs. The liver mets after

> Avastin went down from 6 to 3. This past round of Xeloda, cortisol,

and

> armorthyroid has the tumors down from 3 to 1. But the clincher is

that

> the one tumor left is growing. My onc is scratching his head. The

> tumors usually grew or diminished TOGETHER. Why this one is being

> stubborn is odd. Will know more after I get the blood count. Odd eh?

>

> Anyone else have a " mixed bag " reading such as this?

>

> Thanks for any insights.

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