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Post-Lobectomy Pleura build up - does it ever resolve on its own?
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@lls8000 ..hi thank you for your interest. His tumor is in the ,lung and they couldn’t do a biopsy because it was close to artery they now said there is cells in fluid and looks like a small tumor on hip takes Chemo I have now looked into a cancer center in uk and there are two good ones with excellent credentials he has made an appt. For second opinion. which I think is a good move. It’s a three hour journey from his home. Trains travel there a few times daily. I was thinking of the tumor how do they know if it’s malignant without a biopsy ? He gets the infusion when fluid builds up.
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@cassueriose, If he's healthy enough for the adventure, a second opinion can be very helpful. I've never regretted it, and mine is located a two-hour drive from my home.
Also if he needs it in the future, he'll have an established relationship with another expert.
I'm not a clinician, but I tend to think that unless we have pathology look at the cells of a metastasis, we never really know for sure if it's cancer. But the doctors and radiologists that read the scans are very good at identifying cancer through the images. They usually know even without the pathology, but it's an excellent question for his team, and the second opinion doctor/s too.
How is your family doing? Are they receptive to you, and other, helping during this time?