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Is a Spiculated lung nodule always malignant?
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Hello @milana, I'm sorry to hear that you are facing this issue, it's never an easy thing to go through. Nodules are rightfully concerning, but they are usually not cancerous.
I'm not a clinician, just a lung cancer patient.
For reference, my first PET showed an SUV over 10. We knew it was cancerous, and that was confirmed by a biopsy. A later PET of a different nodule showed a much lower SUV, and it was not cancer, it was a fungus in my lung, also confirmed through biopsy.
Did you see a pulmonologist? Did they discuss doing a biopsy prior to surgery?
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What was the SUVmax for the non cancer nodule ?
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Hi, I saw a pulmonologist , and they recommend robotic surgery: to remove the nodule, do the fast test while operation is going on ,and then if cancer confirmed remove the lobe and lymph nodes. This surgeon is saying that he can not rule non cancer, due to the low SUV of 2.1 I also saw a specialist in a cancer clinic, she referred me to a surgeon, who also said surgery....she even talked to me about treatment plans after surgery, depending of the type of cancer. So now I need to make a choice which hospital to go to, as they both recommend surgery; difference is that one says your low SUV is on the limit of cancer ir non-cancer , versus the oncologist ( who is obviously dealing with cases like mine on a daily basis) who didn't doubt my cancer. Thanks for reaching out to me !!! Appreciate it