Sir my mother got operated for breast cancer and her right breast has been removed. We have done pet scan and now the reports says: Non FDG avid non enhancing lesion in left parietal cortex. And faint FDG avidity in right anterior chest wall and mild FDG avid mediastinal lymph nodes.

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Dr. Rajeshwar SinghOncologist31yrs exp

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Lybrate-user when was your mother operated and what was stage of disease PET scan cannot differentiate between cancer and inflammation (swelling & infection) if she is recently (less than 8 wks) operated then these are operation related changes otherwise also it is low uptake does not suggest anything only requires to be followed up with fresh scan after 3 months.

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Dr. Shilpy DolasOncologist11yrs exp

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Your mother will require chemotherapy and radiotherapy depending on her pathology report. PET-CT is not the final call.

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