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A member asked:

If pet/ct comes back negative while looking for occult cancer (paraneoplastic neurological sympts) can i relax, symptoms ongoing 2 years. thanks you.

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Yes!: Serious conditions make their presence known fairly quickly and don't as a rule wait for good doctors to diagnose them !! I do not have enough information in your case but if they have gone as far as PET Scan and still have not found anything serious one should relax!!

Answered 3/28/2017

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