Doctors, Patients Should Weigh Risks vs. Rewards Of Medical Imaging

I am not sure though what the answer is to this article. I have medullary thyroid cancer with multiple mets. I am also in a clinical trial to hopefully prolong life. In the mean time, I get MRI's, CT's and bone scans, every 3 months. So will the "watchful" eye get me, or the "do nothing" approach. If you do nothing, the mets can get out of hand. If you see the cancer is growing in a certain aream because scans showed that to be true, you can attack the mets thee. What do you suggest?

I wonder the same thing~! My husband has metastatic lung tumors that are being treated with medicine and CT's are being done every 3 months! He has a blood tumor marker that he gets drawn monthly.  It has been rising since it began steadily until last month when it dropped by 100 points. I wonder if that could be followed rather than the CT's which radiate the cancer cells we are trying to destroy! 

I wonder the same thing~! My husband has metastatic lung tumors that are being treated with medicine and CT's are being done every 3 months! He has a blood tumor marker that he gets drawn monthly.  It has been rising since it began steadily until last month when it dropped by 100 points. I wonder if that could be followed rather than the CT's which radiate the cancer cells we are trying to destroy! 

I have Li-Fraumeni Syndrome which is a gene defect that makes me prone to many types of cancer. I have had 2 different types of breast cancer, double BAC NSCL lung cancer and several skin cancers. I have to have scans frequently because they are always watching for new cancers or more spots in my remaining lungs. Also 2 of my kids have died of brain tumors. Recently, I had to have a stent placed in my trachea and left bronchus due to radiation damage. I know the CT's are dangerous. Is there any other option available?

is every six months CT scan will cause radiation cancer