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Is a Spiculated lung nodule always malignant?
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I recently had my first follow-up scan after 6 months, and all nodules were stable. So my next scan will be in another 6 months.
I always took comfort that if nodules are stable for some years we can most definitely assume that they are benign but unfortunately I've come across a lot of cases where people's nodules were monitored for several years and declared benign, but years later they grew and turned out to be cancerous.
That realization lefts me very concerned.
Given that I have a spiculated nodule, I think it's just a waiting game for it to grow and confirm to be malignant. The uncertainty is just the worst.
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I had a nodule in my left upper lobe..it was 9mm and had some worrisome characteristics but they didn’t want to do a biopsy due to the size..I had regular ct scans for 3 years and it started growing in 2020, a 2nd nodule popped up beside the first one so they decided to think out the lobe.. I had numerous lymph nodes removed and they didn’t find any cancer so no chemo. I had a second nodule removed about a year and a half later but this time they just removed the nodule.. I have another nodule that has all the signs of cancer but it hasn’t changed since 2019 and they referred to it as a “indolent nodule”and my research said that these type of nodule can stay with you forever and not develop into anything harmful..I would rather have it removed…I think some people have nodules that never became cancer and they just keep a watch for any changes..it’s much better today with all the new technology that can allow for early detection and we will hopefully benefit from them until they find a better way for us to survive