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Treatment Options => Radiation / Radiosurgery => Topic started by: keithmcgowan on November 14, 2013, 01:57:56 pm

Title: MRI after proton radiation
Post by: keithmcgowan on November 14, 2013, 01:57:56 pm

When should I have my 1st mri after proton radiation treatment?  I want to be proactive if the radiation didn't work but I also want give the procedure time to do its job.  Whats the soonest I would be able to see results?

Title: Re: MRI after proton radiation
Post by: Jim Scott on November 14, 2013, 04:40:58 pm

Keith ~

This is really a question for your doctor to best answer as he/she knows your case history and treatment better than anyone. 

I underwent numerous MRI scans following AN surgery and radiation (FSR) and all were at six month intervals.

Jim

Title: Re: MRI after proton radiation
Post by: KeepSmiling on February 25, 2014, 11:09:58 pm

Hello Keith
Of course you should always ask your doctor. Just as an FYI, when we asked this same question to Dr. Jay Loeffler at Massachusetts General Hospital,  I believe that the answer was that the first MRI should take place 1 year later. We already have it on the schedule.

I bet you will be completely fine when you get that first MRI. We feel pretty positive that things will go well from our end-- and besides that, there is power in positive thinking!
Best to you- sending you a cyber hug,