"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 507 | During treatment I recall my MO saying after the neck nodes it usually metastasized to lungs. I wasn't aware of the risk prevalence to the liver and kidneys.
Any info on the value of an annual MRI or simple chest X-ray instead of a PET/CT to cut the radiation exposure?
I mentioned this to one of my RO's, but got the feeling he didn't think the exposure level from the newer CT's was significant enough to statistically cause a problem within my remaining life-time.
Don TXN2bM0 Stage IVa SCC-Occult Primary FNA 6/6/08-SCC in node<2cm PET/CT 6/19/08-SCC in 2nd node<1cm HiRes CT 6/21/08 Exploratory,Tonsillectomy(benign),Right SND 6/23/08 PEG 7/3/08-11/6/08 35 TomoTherapy 7/16/08-9/04/08 No Chemo Clear PET/CT 11/15/08, 5/15/09, 5/28/10, 7/8/11
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