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                |    |       Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 10,507 Likes: 8    Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)   |           Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Jun 2007  Posts: 10,507 Likes: 8  |    Here in the US, scans are more common.  I believe the first one is done about 3 or 4 months post rads and then at 6 months, 1 year, 1 1/2 years and 2 years then it goes to either 9 months or yearly.
  Im 4 years out since my last round of OC and I get scoped once a years and chest xrays yearly but thats it.  I only get the chest xrays as a tiny spot appeared a couple years back on my one lung.
  Im not sure why we get scanned more than patients in other countries????  Medical conditions and routines are different in other countries.          ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44  2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07  -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma  2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years  very happy to be alive       |      |       |             
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