 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Most ENT's don't order scans. They prefer to perform palpation and direct visualization examinations. It's always been the RO or the oncologist who have ordered my scans.
The NCCN oncology practice guidelines only recommend an annual chest x-ray as far as scans go. The CCC where I go orders an annual MRI and that's about it. Some here do get PET scans but I believe they are the exception rather than the rule.
How often are you being seen is the most important question.
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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