Bone Scan Results -

WorkingMom10
WorkingMom10 Member Posts: 72
edited November 2017 in Stage IV/Metastatic Breast Cancer ONLY

I am 1 year from my initial MBC diagnosis after bone (spine, left rib, and both hips) and lymph node activity. I just had my 3 month scans this month. My CT scan showed NED, but my bone scan showed a new area of activity in one of my ribs on the right side that was not there before. I freaked out about it, but my onc told me that it was nothing to worry about because it did not show on the CT scan. They had me do a rib xray in case the activity came from an injury of some kind, but that xray came back negative. I am not having any significant pain around that area either. I'm concerned that something should be done, but I wanted to ask if anyone else has had bone scans show something like this and your onc said it was nothing to worry about. All the other areas of my bone scan where my previous cancer was all showed stable. I am currently on tamoxifen and completed 6 months of weekly chemo in April 2017 (taxol). Thanks in advance!

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  • WorkingMom10
    WorkingMom10 Member Posts: 72
    edited November 2017

    I am 1 year from my initial MBC diagnosis after bone (spine, left rib, and both hips) and lymph node activity. I just had my 3 month scans this month. My CT scan showed NED, but my bone scan showed a new area of activity in one of my ribs on the right side that was not there before. I freaked out about it, but my onc told me that it was nothing to worry about because it did not show on the CT scan. They had me do a rib xray in case the activity came from an injury of some kind, but that xray came back negative. I am not having any significant pain around that area either. I'm concerned that something should be done, but I wanted to ask if anyone else has had bone scans show something like this and your onc said it was nothing to worry about. All the other areas of my bone scan where my previous cancer was all showed stable. I am currently on tamoxifen and completed 6 months of weekly chemo in April 2017 (taxol). Thanks in advance!

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  • JFV
    JFV Member Posts: 795
    edited November 2017

    Working mom, I was recently told my PET/Ct scan showed progression on my leg bones. My Oncologist followed up with regular X-Ray to see if the cancer activity on my leg was causing bone weakness or fractures. My X-Ray showed no breakage. As far as they are concerned my clean X-Ray means I don't have to add to or change my treatment

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