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Is a Spiculated lung nodule always malignant?

Lung Health | Last Active: Nov 7 12:13pm | Replies (129)
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A CT scan turned up a 13.5 mm spiculated pulmonary nodule with lucency. It was not there at all 1 year ago. I am 68 years old and quit smoking 40 years ago. Had malignant melanoma removed 38 years ago. Biopsy was performed 2 days ago. Just waiting for results.
Everything I have read leads me to expect bad news. Do I have any reason to expect good news?

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Lisa, Volunteer Mentor | @lls8000 | Jul 9 12:47pm

Hello @ditot07, Welcome to Mayo Connect. Over the last four years of living with stage IV lung cancer, experiencing a non-cancerous lung nodule (fungal), and reading posts from many people on Mayo Connect, the one thing that I've learned is that there is no way to determine if a nodule is cancerous, other than a conclusive biopsy result. There have been cases here that I was sure would be cancerous but were not, and some that I didn't think would be cancer were in fact that bad news that none of us want to hear.
I hope your biopsy results don't take too long to come back. Did the doctors give you an idea on when to expect to hear from them?

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