Hi dzerfas, I really think you should go ahead and have the surgery. From all of my experience of going to conferences and following what others have done including myself, surgery and getting rid of this tumour before it has a chance to get bigger and spread to lymph nodes is the best way to deal with it, and after you have it removed you should still be followed by someone who knows Carcinoid(Neuroendocrine Cancer). Best of luck. I had my lobectomy in 2002 for a typical carcinoid tumour and am still being followed by an Oncologist.