← Return to Possible 2 different cancers in lungs?

Discussion

Possible 2 different cancers in lungs?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: 1 day ago | Replies (20)

Comment receiving replies
@pattythompson

They want to take out my upper right lobe because it's in a spot they say they can't get to to take a biopsy..they don't know it's it cancer..any advice.. I'm very healthy 64 and no other symptoms

Jump to this post


Replies to "They want to take out my upper right lobe because it's in a spot they say..."

Have they done a PET Scan on The Lungs ? If you are not aware of this, a PET scan is a 2 hour process where they inject a contrast in you, then give it 1 hour to get through your body. They then scan your body and if a node is cancer it lights up the area. It's not 100% accurate, but it is usually right. I would also ask if you know how big the node is and have they been monitoring it for growth?

That sounds like a drastic surgical procedure, especially considering they don't have a preponderous amount of infi