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- From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
- Subject: Re: X-rays as Lung Cancer detector?
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:33:27 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan13.070234.15970@mr.med.ge.com> hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz (hinz@picard.med.ge.com)) writes:
- >mccurdy@bestsd.sdsu.edu wrote:
- >:
- >: Are there scans or tests other than x-rays
- >: that would indicate smaller or microscopic tumors in the lungs? I quit
- >: smoking 8 years ago but prior to that smoked 1 1/2 packs per day. I don't
- >: have any indication that there is anything wrong with me ...
- >
- >MRI works very well when looking for tumors, but I think microscopic tumors(?)
- >would be a problem for most any imaging modality. I don't know, however, how
- >your insurance would feel about an MRI scan as part of a routine physical.
- >
- Yeah it works Real well. Of course it costs about $1000 each, so I don't
- see too many people getting them for routine physicals!
-
- BTW, the X-ray dosage for a chest xray (even with a lateral) is not
- significant. Xray dosages have been decreased dramatically due to
- sensitivity of equipment over the older machines.
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