Julie...the term pTPM is for pathological tumor node staging
NO...means no nodes were affected
MX...simply means no distant metatisis can be determined and thats what they all pretty much put down.
Each institution has their own schedule of CT scans, x-rays, blood work. I was at Cleveland Clinic and theirs was ..a CT scan every 6 months of the pelvic area ONLY for 3 yrs and 1 yr after...(i fudged on that and dragged it out to 8 months as long as i was asymptomatic and blood work was good)...a chest X-ray once a yr...blood work drawn every 6 months for 5 yrs.
I had my work all done locally by the best hospital in the area with the latest CT scan. All discs, x-rays, and blood results sent to my surgeon in Cleveland to confirm. They always agreed.
glad Tinklebell is settling down!!
pat