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| Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 119 Likes: 15 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 119 Likes: 15 | After 5 years ex smoker do I still need annual low dose ct scan of the lungs. | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 63 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 63 | I would think not. But this is a function of the amount of radiation you are getting which is lifetime dosing. If you total up all early doses that were from treatment (high) and lifetime low dosing from dental X-rays and solar etc (low) you have to decide if this method of early discovery of a lung cancer is still a good idea since its lifetime dosing of something very capable of starting its own cancers. All the low dosing which you don’t give a gy value for may be inconsequential when compared to your treatment finding. I don’t think with out those gy numbers, there is any answer to your question that is scientifically sound. I’m not knowledgeable of best practices in lung cancer detection from smoking so this is pretty much in my opinion a non answer, but an opinion.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. | | | | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 119 Likes: 15 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 119 Likes: 15 | I received 2gy a day total 60 gy in 30 days | | |
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