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8 mm lung nodule possible malignancy: What should I do?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Mar 7 7:51am | Replies (40)Comment receiving replies
Finding you have lung nodules is frightening but are common and most likely are benign. At this point your GP has you on the right track with a follow up CT-Scan in 3 months. It’s premature to have an oncologist involved at this point but you may wish to set an appt thru your GP with a pulmonologist for after your next CT. I had 3 nodules found in 10/22, CT’s every 3 months and No problem until 9/23. So try to relax and know all will be well. Go about your life. Prayers for you
P.S. they cannot confirm or rule out malignancy without a biopsy which most likely not be done on your sized nodule Mine grew to 24mm before things got serious
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My nodules on both lungs were under 12mm and both malignant. My motto…..Be aggressive!!!
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That is certainly conventional wisdom. In my opinion that’s a statistical rationalization that insurers use to withhold funding for intervention until you reach the statistical threshold for it, That seems to be overall size and/or speed of growth. And I agree you will probably be fine to wait. But probably isn’t that reassuring to me. If I had it to do again I would say the very minute the risk could be sold to the insurer, I want to pull the trigger. And I would still talk early to the oncologist for their input.