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#13485 08-29-2002 03:45 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 36 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 36 | My sister had a lung exray in the start of her diagnosis of cancer of tonsils in Feb 2002. It had metasticized to one lymph node on right side. She had radiation for 6 weeks twice daily(ended on Apr 27, 2002) and was checked just last week and was told that she was cancer free. Of course she has to be checked again in 3 months. I don't think they did an exray on her lungs last week. Should they? And is an exray and ct scan the same? | | |
#13486 08-29-2002 05:02 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | While it is not impossible for a lung metastasis to develop in the time span treatment takes, it isn't likely that one has since that first check. An x-ray and a CAT scan are similar but different. Computerized tomography still uses radiation to reveal what is going on, but instead of one image, it produces a series of images in layers, around 3mm apart. This gives the radiologist a series of cross-section "slices" through the area to examine; in some respects this could be considered a 3 dimensional view of things. CT
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