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What’s my chance of lung cancer?
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hi @windywinland79 - welcome to Mayo Connect. it sounds like your doctor is giving you a thorough work up, which is good. there's a saying that the only way to know for sure if it's cancer is with a biopsy, so you'll have a definitive answer soon. I'm not a doctor (just a lung cancer patient), but I would say all of the evidence so far makes lung cancer very likely.
if your biopsy is positive, you'll want to have something called a biomarker test done that figures out what specific type of lung cancer it is. there are many treatment options available now and your doctor can use the biomarker info to find the best match. quitting smoking will be important for your health either way. there are supportive programs and medications that can help when you're ready to take that step. best of luck with your procedure tomorrow. let us know how it goes. 🙏🏻
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@mamajite just wanna give you an update. I had my biopsy yesterday and I am positive for non-small cell lung cancer however I’m very fortunate that it’s non-small sale instead of small sale so my team of doctors said they want me to go ahead and have a couple rounds of treatment and then they’re just gonna go in and completely remove that upper Bloob on the left side. They’re confident they can get it all at one time.
@mamajite but yes, when I had my biopsy yesterday, they did do the bio markers. I wish I knew a way of being able to post pictures because I have the test results and everything else. I don’t really understand them. I don’t get to see my doctor clear until next Wednesday on the June 3
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@mamajite I do believe he is planning on doing the marker today does that sound right? I think he’s doing 4 different things today while he’s in there also thank you very much! I’ve pretty much already accepted that it’s cancer we just have to “confirm” it also I hope your journey is going well and I wish you the best of luck!!