Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I agree with Karen that seems like a lot of x-rays. Typically one would receive a full mouth x-ray to check the condition of your teeth (a panorex) maybe some additional bitewings (from the dental perspective) an MRI (which is not an x-ray) and possibly a PET (which is also not an x-ray but does involve a very minute amount of a radioisotope) for triage and/or diagnostic purposes. A CT for radiation therapy planning, and a chest xray as a benchmark. They may have had to repeat some studies because they didn't position you correctly or needed a slightly different angle or perspective. Then they will do a C-arm x-ray for determining best angles of attack with the mask and a x-ray simulation of the treatment protocol on the LINAC.
All of this being a drop in the bucket compared to the x-ray levels you will receive in therapeutic radiation (RT).
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** 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) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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