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Celebrating 25 years of lung cancer
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 10, 2023 | Replies (125)Comment receiving replies
Hi @vic83, It can’t be easy to keep track of the nodules when there are so many. A spreadsheet is a great idea! The radiologists do all have their own style of reporting. I’ve noticed that some radiologists will mention conditions completely unrelated to the cancer and then no one will ever mention it again. Funny. I have a spreadsheet to track my timeline. I’ve heard that can be helpful if/when I may need a second opinion. I have ALK positive lung cancer, treated with a targeted therapy (high tech pills). They are doing their job for now, eventually the cancer mutates around the meds, and it will come back. So I have scans every 3-4 months.
Hoping that the radiation oncologist answers your questions, everyones treatment plan is different.
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Yes, I also have noted that CT reports sometimes mention unrelated conditions. That could be of value in discovering other issues to treat.
My work required a lot of analysis, so it is second nature to me to seek to analyze data. I am curious to know how doctors track evolving cases when the CT scan reports seem to lack standardization in reporting. I would think that lungs would be divided into specific segments, and CT scan report would report on each segment.
I follow closely all my reports from several different institutions. Technology has provided a great gift to medicine, but there is work to be done in creating processes to input data and analyze clinical profiles so that the medical intelligence created by such technical capacities can be easily utilized by healthcare providers. Doctors have limited time, and complex cases require an investment of time for a new provider. Medical intelligence needs to be well organized to highlight key points. I can't imagine what they did before technology!