Maybe a stupid paranoid question

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No Patience

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Posted 3/25/2015 4:04 PM (GMT 0)

If you had successful ralp and have zero psa can getting
dental x rays cause any harm for the zero club ?

clocknut

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Posted 3/25/2015 4:09 PM (GMT 0)

I wish all prostate cancer questions could be answered this easily. Simple answer: NO!

81GyGuy

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Posted 3/25/2015 4:34 PM (GMT 0)

No Patience -

I asked my RO that very question when finishing up IMRT. She actually laughed, and said "no," because (1) the amount of exposure you get from a dental x-ray is really, really, really small compared to the amount you get from radiation for PCa, and (2) it's to a different part of the body.

(But did you ever actually have any kind of radiation for PCa? Your post above mentions only ralp. If you've never even had radiation, salvage or otherwise, then the answer is clearly no).

lapilot

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Posted 3/25/2015 9:56 PM (GMT 0)

I work at a Dental school and with the x-ray systems. The amount of x-ray from a digital dental unit is less than the radiation you get from one day in the sun.

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