How often do you get CT scans or bone scans?

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Renae64
Renae64 Member Posts: 99
edited October 2014 in Just Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastasis

I have been getting these scans every 6 months as I am stage IV, I am concerned that I am getting too many scans. Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you, Renae

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  • exbrnxgrl
    exbrnxgrl Member Posts: 12,424
    edited October 2014

    renae,

    I was getting scans, PET,every 3 months for about the first 18 months after dx. My mo then moved it to once every 6 months to cut down on radiation exposure. However, every mom seems to have different ideas about this,

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  • AmyQ
    AmyQ Member Posts: 2,182
    edited October 2014

    I too received them every 3 months my first year of dx. I just had another scan in September after having one in January, 2014. I think the plan is once a year now. 

    Amy

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  • pajim
    pajim Member Posts: 2,785
    edited October 2014

    My onc told me that unless I was on a protocol (clinical trial) scans were "arbitrary".  In other words, there is no right answer.  We did a scan 6 months after diagnosis, one 6 months after that, then he shrugged his shoulders.  I chose the date of the next one which was 9 months later.  ALL were PET/CTs

    Since this last scan was clean, I suspect it will be a year before the next one, unless I'm having symptoms of some sort.

    There are many schools of thought on this. I've heard a lot of different stories on these boards.  Guess that's why he called it arbitrary.

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