why is there no test for cumulative radiation

[agness]

I hear you and with early stage or systemic disease that might be reasonable. In my case it isn't like an extra scan is going to stop us from needing to see what is going on, we won't say she's had enough radiation exposure so let's hold off.

I have noticed that all of the therapies are fairly one-size fits all. Chemo they adjust for body weight or sometimes change because of side effects but not so often. Radiation seems to be even less flexible. My naturopathic onc did his residency in radiation oncology so he had some better insight into the discipline. He said some studies have shown that even when the skin reacts badly that some cancer cells can survive and the dosages are set to try to cause maximum cancer-killing with the treatment. The problem is that my cancer or your cancer might be more susceptible to rads than someone else's cancer and so these standard dosages might be total overkill in us.