Marty, I was grateful to read you information on PET scans. I am blessed
to have a hospital in Cincinnati that does them and the cost is about
$1900.00. That will get me the chest, lungs and liver. It would be
another charge to do the brain. So the test is expensive, but it has been
submitted to the insurance company and I pray that they will understand its
significance for me and approve it. Thanks for showing it isn't nonsense.
Carla
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> From: Martin Auslander <fitecancer@earthlink.net>
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> Subject: Re: [MOL] Alternatives to Biopsy?
> Date: Saturday, December 13, 1997 9:55 AM
>
> LINHILLIS wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > What about a PET scan? I'v read some good things regarding this.
> > Maybe Marty or someone else on list can help with this. Call NCI
> > at 1-800-4-Cancer and ask them if they have information re this.
> > What does the ONC recommend?
> > God Bless
> > Diana
> >
>
> Pet scans are very expensive and very limited, but essential in
> diagnosing tumors less than .5 cm where cat scans are limited. The
> reasoning that many medical facilities dissuade us from pet scans is the
> limit or expense they would have to incur if they recommended a pet scan
> from a facility who provides that test and there are few, indeed. So the
> typical response is "its in the experimental stage, therefore we don't
> recommend it". Nonsense.
>
> Take care hope this helps and yes if you can get a pet scan by all means
> especially in detecting tumor that are small, by all means go for it.
>
> God Bless YOu
> marty
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