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Is a Spiculated lung nodule always malignant?

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@363 Good news! I had the follow up scan in January after having the CyberKnife radiation on my lung nodule. The scan showed that the nodule had been reduced to scar tissue. I have another follow up scan to be done in July. I'll report the results here. The fact that mine was "spiculated" and had also grown some since first discovered in 2017 resulted in my decision to have the CyberKnife radiation treatment. Since deciding on radiation over surgery at age 83, I've attended a seminar with a lung surgeon at my local hospital whom I found very kind and impressive. He said that he did lung nodule surgeries on many patients in their 80s, and that they were up off the operating table and walking down the hall soon after their surgeries. He did the surgery with the Da Vinci Robot. Thus, I wouldn't rule out a surgical procedure if you choose that over radiation. But I hope you won't need either.

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@junerose42 I am absolutely thrilled for you wonderful news and wish you the very best moving forward and praying that your follow up in July will continue to provide you with excellent news..Thank you so much for posting and advising us of this excellent news and information regarding surgery or radiation..
Right now mine very fortunately has not grown and I am on a now schedule for 1 year scans has it has been monitored every 6 months in the past but with no growth in 18 months we will go to 1 year..but not out of the woods as Thorastic Surgeon says it still exists. Thank you again for your post and your excellent news.

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Wonderful news! Thank you for sharing with us!