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8 mm lung nodule possible malignancy: What should I do?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Mar 7 7:51am | Replies (40)
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@pb50

I’m curious how yours was biopsied? I ask because my pulmonologist and surgeon said mine was too small to biopsy when it was 9mm. It was in the bottom outside edge of my left lung and they both said it would be difficult to grab and hope to drag it Up and out and it was too small to section. Then they said if they were going do a wedge resection to biopsy it, they might as well do the gold standard of lobectomy. I’m still not sure that wasn’t overkill but it’s done and I’m focused on recovery.

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dedehans | @dedehans | Feb 14 5:36am

Mine were done by bronchoscopy and needle biopsy. I had one on each lung and the one done by needle was very hard to get to. Remember to insist that they send the tissue samples to a pathology place like Foundation Medicine for genetically identifying the tumor(s). You may be eligible (as I am) for a targeted therapy treatment.

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