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Joined: May 2013 Posts: 4 | [quote=fishmanpa]That's a question you need to ask yourself.
Since you're not satisfied with the answers you received from the dentist, it's your call whether to continue to seek answers. You said she wasn't concerned about the lymph nodes. Did she feel the lymph nodes in your neck when you told her about them?
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She did not feel the nodes when I mentioned them.
The main question I have is whether a normal x ray is a good sign that there is no cancer. Google hasn't been very helpful to that effect so far.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Xrays are not usually used to determine cancer. A CT or a PET are the most common scans for detecting cancer.
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | Hi I agree you need to see a dr. Not a dentist, nodes do not excite dentists normally see a dr. Tell them your concerns.
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