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How long should a pt wait after having a neck dissection to have a pet scan to avoid any undeterminedresults?
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Several months: While the use of neck dissection pertains to metastatic disease usually squamous Ca, several weeks are needed for completion of healing and assuring flaps are viable. When path returns one may need post op RT or chemo. As such only after the final definitive approach is used to assure that the optimum response has been obtained does one then use scans to R.O,distant mets.
Answered 1/4/2015
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