 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Xrays are great for bony structures. MRI's are for soft tissue. They won't just order an MRI without a visual area of interest. If you are in the Canadian health care system you may have to really push to get an MRI. The only cancer canter in Canada is in Toronto (Queen Victoria I think).
Strangely, the fact that you have pain is a good thing. Most OC is painless and asymptomatic.
Last edited by Gary; 02-07-2010 04:16 AM.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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