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mumito
mumito Member Posts: 4,562
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

Its been two years since my DX.Had a bonescan and a catscan this month.My doctor ordered them because I had alot of backand rib pain.If we had lymphnode involvement should we be getting scanned  on our yearly followup appts?

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  • flash
    flash Member Posts: 1,685
    edited April 2010

    scans themselves are damaging to the body.  Since the statistics show that survival doesn't change with frequent scans post bc, they don't bother unless their are symptoms. It's kinds of weighing which does more damage, catching it later or purposefully damaging the body.

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  • NatsFan
    NatsFan Member Posts: 3,745
    edited April 2010

    Absent symptoms, my onc does what she calls "anniversary" scans - 1 year out of active treatment, then 5 years out, then 10, etc.  She feels this balances the use of scans to catch things early v. the damage scans can cause. 

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  • LINDAGARSIDE
    LINDAGARSIDE Member Posts: 345
    edited May 2010

    I am out of the loop on the scans.  I've had a bone scan (recently) as well as an MRI and various ultra sounds and x-rays.  How damaging are scans...and what specifically do they damage?  Thanks pink peeps.

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  • flash
    flash Member Posts: 1,685
    edited May 2010

    radiation does some damage in everyone bc and normal . the question is, does your body repair the damage? How much other damage is being done environmentally?  It's looking more and more like it is a total load question not an absolute number question.

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