Is it possible for docs to miss cancer on an MRI when it has spread all the way to your brain?

my grandmother was told she had ovarian cancer that had spread to her brain only 4 days before she died. I had taken her for an MRI only 3 weeks prior for stomach pain. Is it possiable cancer to form and spread that quickly w/o notice?

Is it possible for docs to miss cancer on an MRI when it has spread all the way to your brain?
Unfortunately, ovarian cancer is very hard to find early. In many instances, by the time an ovarian cancer is diagnosed, it is an advanced cancer and has been there a long time. If you grandmother had cancer which had spread to the brain, if she had an MRI of the BRAIN with contrast, it would have probably been easily found. I would assume that if she was having stomach pains, her MRI was probably of the abdomen and pelvis, and those studies do not include the brain.





"Symptoms might include:


*swelling of the stomach (abdomen) from a buildup of fluid


*unusual vaginal bleeding


*pelvic pressure


*back or leg pain


*problems such as gas, bloating, long-term stomach pain, constipation, or indigestion


By the time ovarian cancer is thought of as a possible cause of these symptoms, it may already have spread beyond the ovaries. Also, some types of ovarian cancer can quickly spread to the surface of nearby organs."





http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/conten...





"Your chances of surviving ovarian cancer are better if the cancer is found early. But because the disease is difficult to detect in its early stage, only about 29 percent of ovarian cancers are found before tumor growth has spread into tissues and organs beyond the ovaries. Most of the time, the disease has already advanced before it's diagnosed."





http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ovarian...
Reply:That is very sad, my prayers are with you.


Yes, brain lesions may have been present for some time and not have been detected.All this HI-tech diagnostics, tho wonderful and helpful and even lifesaving in many cases, are not infallible. I could relate many circumstances where individuals had all the recommended screenings and testings and something that appeared obvious after the fact was not found.
Reply:I really don't believe that would be possible, since she was looked at for problems in the stomach area. If the main cancer were in the ovaries it would have to show An MRI takes pictures that can be dissected into the minutest sections for diagnoses. The executor of her estate should get the MRI pictures and have another doctor have a look.

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