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Multiple lung nodules: Might they be noncancerous? What next?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 12, 2023 | Replies (174)Comment receiving replies
In November a chest x-ray showed "ground glass" and indeterminate. I went to a Pulmonologist to order CT and PET scan and I had those scans sent to Mayo. They called immediately, and I decided to do bronchoscopy + VATs with wedge resection surgery at same time. It was a 3.1cm cancer stage 1b. That means negative lymph nodes. I had the option to wait, but I am not getting any younger, and there was a very high probability that it was cancer. Better to do the surgery when I will tolerate it well...which I did. Now I too must watch and wait as I still have a 7mm pleural based nodule and ground glass.
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Hi, Vic. You are the FIRST person who I've found has a pleural based nodule. I have somewhere around 8 of them, both lungs, ranging in size from 6mm, 5mm, a couple 3mm, and some smaller. What are you being told can be done about your pleural based nodule and if it is cancerous, how do they treat it? I have two LDCT, one in May and one last month. So far all I can tell that is new is that they found pleural thickening in both lungs, but they don't plan to rescan until NEXT AUGUST!!!!! Based on your experience, what would you do? Request another one sooner, request PET, go to another pulmonologist? LOL