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Should I have a follow-up PET scan a year after diagnosis of HCC

Thyroid Cancer | Last Active: Sep 15, 2023 | Replies (2)
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@maryny23

I had my thyroid removed in two surgeries in 2017/2018. My blood work was never concerning for years after the surgeries. It turns out that the cancer had “come back” in my lymph nodes. Some were not seen on an ultrasound of my neck (only visible on CT). The largest one was 3.5 cm (another was 3 cm). Thyroid cancer is generally slow growing, so they were there for a long time.

My point is…fight for the scan. I now have micro modules in my lungs. Would they have developed if the drs had caught the lymph nodes earlier? Maybe. Maybe not. I will never know.

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koh | @koh | Sep 15, 2023

Thank you! That’s what I have been concerned with. I will be following up with my ENT but am leaning towards insisting on the flow-up PET scan so I can stop worrying that something is being missed.
How do they treat the cancer in the Lymph nodes and micro nodules in the lungs?

Good luck with your current diagnosis’s.

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