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Follow up CT scans after lung cancer: How often is your followup?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jul 17, 2023 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
I'm seven years into multi-focal lung cancer, I had two tumors treated initially with SBRT. after the initial treatment I had scans every three months while we watched a second tumor grow until we treated it with SBRT two years in. After two years of 3 month scans, we moved to 6 month scans until we found another tumor growing and then moved to 3 month scans. The tumors are all stage 1 and I have many other ground glass areas.
My experience has been the the Mayo team figures out the scan schedule based on the patients situation, it's difficult to predict. I had hoped I passed my 5 year get outta jail card until the new tumors and now realize this is just something thats part of my life forever.
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Hi tumanic- Unfortunately, yes. Before I had multi-focal my very first cancer was not multi-focal but a very fast-growing adenocarcinoma. After 10 years, on my 10 yr anniversary no less my CT scan showed my first multi-focal. It turned out that there were 3 small joined lesions, all in different stages. Go figure.
That was in my lower right lobe, which is no more. I also have ground glass in a few places and lesions that have been steady for years. But for now, my lungs are stable, which I can verify that it's probably the only place on my body that is!