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I started wheezing the other night and hacked up bright red blood. Went to the ER and they did a CT scan, found a 5.7cm mass on right lung. Saw the Pulmonary doctor today and he said he wants me to get a PET scan, also said the surrounding lymph nodes all looked normal, and generally cancer is more dense: the mass in my lung is not that dense. He ran a procalcitonin test to check for an infection, but those results are normal. I'm terrifed that this is cancer! I'm 52, and have had no other symptoms except the blood. Not tired, no weight loss, nothing but if it's not an infection, it's something?! I am so scared!!! I feel so bad for everyone on this board. Can they do alot for lung cancers now a days?
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The prognosis for Lung Cancer has improved in recent years. The use of genetic testing can better zero in on what the best treatment is for each type of Lung Cancer. Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy are two important treatments that research has given us. My husband has been treated for Stage 3 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, and he is almost at the two year cancer free mark for remission.
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I was told I probably had cancer after a 3.7 cm mass was found in my left lung. A lot of ground glass opacities and atelectasis. After 2 CT scans and a PET scan over 2 months didn’t show a change, even though I had taken several antibiotics, I made an appointment at the Mayo Clinic. My first pulmonologist at home said “it had to come out”. So I wanted the best if I needed an operation.
After my consultation in Rochester and another CT to prepare for the robotic bronchoscopy…….the “mass” had shrunk by half. According to the pulmonologist “cancer doesn’t shrink”. It is suspected that I have a fungal infection. I will go back in 2 months for a repeat CT to see if it has continued to shrink. So don’t lose hope. I was preparing for the worse case scenario and got good news. If I need a biopsy later I will write back.