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Low Grade Adenosquamous Carcinoma. Anyone else diagnosed with this?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Nov 17 10:39am | Replies (53)Comment receiving replies
I saw my radiation oncologist and told her my back was bothering me, so she ordered a thoracic spine MRI. I had the MRI today and then I drove straight home which took me 5 minutes. I got home and before I could sit down, the radiation oncologist called and told me that I have lesions on my spine. One was a small hemangioma and 4 other tumors on 4 other vertebrae they are not sure of. The MRI report says that they could be atypical hemangiomas, but metastatic disease can't be ruled out. She immediately called my breast oncologist, and they are sending me to another state to have a pet scan radionuclide. Apparently, no hospital in my large metropolitan area including a teaching hospital has this equipment. Hopefully this isn't metastasis. I am concerned because my first breast cancer in 2020 had perineural invasion into a large nerve.
Have any of you had a Pet Scan radionuclide? If so, could you tell me what to expect?
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Hi there - I’m so sorry to hear of your new development. I haven’t had a Pet Scan so I can’t help. I wish you the best. Please keep us updated.
Yes, I have had his test, although I am skeptical that no one has it. I would believe that the wait time is too long though. I have had my doctor call imaging centers and say this wait is unacceptable can’t you do something sooner, eventually sending me on a journey to get it in a timely fashion.
The test did not FEEL any different than an MRI with contrast. Although it really is so much cooler than that.
They inject a radioactive tracer attached to a sugar molecule (cancer loves sugar) then do the scanning. It isn’t as confining as the tube but takes longer.
It is really amazing to see the scans and how cancer just glows orange, maybe I should not be so excited about my cancer on a screen, but I am fascinated by this.
It is pain free, and less issues with the tracer than the contrast for an MRI.
How are feeling? Are you managing the scan anxiety ok?
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FYI........I just found out that the other hospitals do have the PET Scans however they just don't have the tracer that will be used in my estradiol Pet scan.
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