PET scan after CEA rise...
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:59 pm
Hi , so todays appt wasnt bad... meaning no bad news ... but I always leave feeling less informed ...even though I ask questions... perhaps you can help..
his Dr. reviewed the PET scan with radiography, and they see no progression... so she is stumped as to why the rising CEA... she said sometimes it happens prior to progression, but added we will wait until Aug for another CT scan.. and no CEA tests until then.. she feels its creating unnecessary worry. She wants to start DH back on OXali but wont right now because of his neuropathy... I asked if the CEA can elevate because of the dying tumors she said ..no
So she showed us his PET scan.. she said theres a lot of calcification in the center of the liver mets (dark areas) but no change whatsoever in the sigmoid colon .. I am confused as to how they "shrink" if they are dying in the center ?
am I misunderstanding this?? also she mentioned the next line of treatment when she switches will be Panitumumab any experience with that drug??
thank you in advance
his Dr. reviewed the PET scan with radiography, and they see no progression... so she is stumped as to why the rising CEA... she said sometimes it happens prior to progression, but added we will wait until Aug for another CT scan.. and no CEA tests until then.. she feels its creating unnecessary worry. She wants to start DH back on OXali but wont right now because of his neuropathy... I asked if the CEA can elevate because of the dying tumors she said ..no
So she showed us his PET scan.. she said theres a lot of calcification in the center of the liver mets (dark areas) but no change whatsoever in the sigmoid colon .. I am confused as to how they "shrink" if they are dying in the center ?
am I misunderstanding this?? also she mentioned the next line of treatment when she switches will be Panitumumab any experience with that drug??
thank you in advance