Body scan

A friend who had ovarian cancer had a complete body scan to rule out cancer elsewhere. Can we have this done?

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  • debrajo
    debrajo Member Posts: 1,095 Member
    Depends on your dr. I have
    Depends on your dr. I have had two partial MRI's in my over three year journey. I am not the best one to answer...just know that my dr. doesn't like to use any radiation she doesn't have to. best, debra
  • ConnieSW
    ConnieSW Member Posts: 1,688 Member
    debrajo said:

    Depends on your dr. I have
    Depends on your dr. I have had two partial MRI's in my over three year journey. I am not the best one to answer...just know that my dr. doesn't like to use any radiation she doesn't have to. best, debra

    My dr did a ct scan after
    My dr did a chest,abdominal, pelvic ct scan after chemo.
  • laura25
    laura25 Member Posts: 181 Member
    I had it
    I had it, but my cancer was found out by accident while having a partial hysterectomy for fibroids. The uterus was morcellated and it was impossible to tell how deep the tumor went. Because of this my Dr wanted to get a full picture of what was going on.