I am a 30 year old woman diagnosed with Stage 1 Renal Cell Carcinoma Clear Cell. grade 1. Tumor 3.8cm I had a partial nephrectomy last Jan. The margins where clear and one lymph node was tested and it was neg. my question is do I need to have a bone scan and a lung scan to make sure that the cancer did not sneak its way out of the kidney. My Uro Onc seems confident i m cured, but I want to know what a medical oncologist thinks.
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. In my opinion you should get done MRI as in MRI radiation exposure is zero. And it is safe too. While PET scan causes very high radiation. So I prefer MRI to PET in non-symptomatic patients. And I advise you to get done MRI annual as protocol to see for any distant Mets. So consult oncophysician and discuss MRI.