Chest Xray once a yr.....that's all we get after tx.

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  • cureitall66
    cureitall66 Member Posts: 913
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    Skiffin16 said:

    NED

    NED as you know simply means exactly that, "No Evidense of Disease"... Meaning they don't see anything on the scans that are suspect... Could there be something floating around that might rear it's ugly head down the road, sure....

    As for cured...

    For most insurance companies and such, it seems to be that five years is the magic number.

    Certainly the first two years are the most critical, with the highest chances of recurrence or another cancer taking hold it seems.

    My ENT and Onco, both set it at that two year mark... Both have stated to me they consider you cured after two years of clean scans..

    But I'm going on four years post Tx ending next month, and I'm still being routinely checked and scanned...

    My ENT said at the five year mark that he can cut me loose, or I can choose to have at least an annual or semi-annual scope if I'd prefer...

    For the confidense factor, I plan to take him up on that.

    JG

    Ditto to what Skiffin said....

    We were told that same thing with NED.

    I do like the 2 yr mark being the end of it! They did note the first two years were critical as well. The recurrence does appear to level off after two years....I agree that the 5 yr is simply a mark for insurance companies and medical research and such...

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