 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 507 | One of my RO's said after all the treatment exposure I have had (~70grays) that I really shouldn't worry about the CT diagnostic follow up exposure.
I know CT scanners have come a long way and radiation induced cancers and not very well understood.
Interestingly, the daily Tomotherapy setup CT scans added less than a told of 2gray.
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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