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Question about Pulmonary Nodule

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    • October 13, 2011 at 6:46 pm
    Jamie
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      I have been NED 3 years. I had a PET/CT scan 1 month ago which revealed a "subcentimeter lung nodule" with SUV of 2.3….Doc said wait 3 months for further testing..Doc said not to stress it, so does that mean it's probably bening in nature or is there a bigger prbability it could be reaccurence(spelling)??? Any thoughts, or info is appreciated. Thanks ahead of time!    Jamie Stage 3a

      I have been NED 3 years. I had a PET/CT scan 1 month ago which revealed a "subcentimeter lung nodule" with SUV of 2.3….Doc said wait 3 months for further testing..Doc said not to stress it, so does that mean it's probably bening in nature or is there a bigger prbability it could be reaccurence(spelling)??? Any thoughts, or info is appreciated. Thanks ahead of time!    Jamie Stage 3a

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        • October 13, 2011 at 7:30 pm
        killmel
        Participant

          SUV up take of 2.3 is pretty high. If it was benign, how does your doctor explain the 2.3 uptake. What size is the nodule?

          • October 13, 2011 at 7:30 pm
          killmel
          Participant

            SUV up take of 2.3 is pretty high. If it was benign, how does your doctor explain the 2.3 uptake. What size is the nodule?

              • October 13, 2011 at 7:55 pm
              Jamie
              Participant

                My doctor didn't give the size of the nodule. He only said it showed benign numbers, the 2.3 being below the malignant threshold of 2.5…He said I'd have a CT scan in Dec. to see if it has grown..Supposedly it could be any number of things of benign nature. I was hoping someone out there could help shed some light on this as I feel the information I recieved was scetchy at best, if there's a possibility it's returned, I need that info now. He(doc) didn't act too concerned about the possibility of it being cancer. The radiologist only recommended follow-up and to be suspicious, but said it was considered benign at the time. Thanks.!

                • October 13, 2011 at 7:55 pm
                Jamie
                Participant

                  My doctor didn't give the size of the nodule. He only said it showed benign numbers, the 2.3 being below the malignant threshold of 2.5…He said I'd have a CT scan in Dec. to see if it has grown..Supposedly it could be any number of things of benign nature. I was hoping someone out there could help shed some light on this as I feel the information I recieved was scetchy at best, if there's a possibility it's returned, I need that info now. He(doc) didn't act too concerned about the possibility of it being cancer. The radiologist only recommended follow-up and to be suspicious, but said it was considered benign at the time. Thanks.!

                  • October 13, 2011 at 7:55 pm
                  Jamie
                  Participant

                    My doctor didn't give the size of the nodule. He only said it showed benign numbers, the 2.3 being below the malignant threshold of 2.5…He said I'd have a CT scan in Dec. to see if it has grown..Supposedly it could be any number of things of benign nature. I was hoping someone out there could help shed some light on this as I feel the information I recieved was scetchy at best, if there's a possibility it's returned, I need that info now. He(doc) didn't act too concerned about the possibility of it being cancer. The radiologist only recommended follow-up and to be suspicious, but said it was considered benign at the time. Thanks.!

                  • October 13, 2011 at 7:30 pm
                  killmel
                  Participant

                    SUV up take of 2.3 is pretty high. If it was benign, how does your doctor explain the 2.3 uptake. What size is the nodule?

                    • October 14, 2011 at 2:14 pm
                    jcraigdawson
                    Participant

                      Jamie,

                      I feel your pain in not knowing. I recently had a very similar scenario occur, 7mm "something" on a pet with a low uptake and nothing showing on a CT with contrast done the same week. The doctors all recommended the same – wait and see. The oncological surgen said no one in their right mind would go digging for something that small, and something that small is aweful hard to hit with a needle biopsy. As for what it might be, a whole lot more lung nodules are benign than are melanoma.

                      Good Luck,

                      Craig.

                      • October 14, 2011 at 2:14 pm
                      jcraigdawson
                      Participant

                        Jamie,

                        I feel your pain in not knowing. I recently had a very similar scenario occur, 7mm "something" on a pet with a low uptake and nothing showing on a CT with contrast done the same week. The doctors all recommended the same – wait and see. The oncological surgen said no one in their right mind would go digging for something that small, and something that small is aweful hard to hit with a needle biopsy. As for what it might be, a whole lot more lung nodules are benign than are melanoma.

                        Good Luck,

                        Craig.

                          • October 14, 2011 at 8:43 pm
                          Lisa13
                          Participant

                            I have 15 subcentimeter nodules in my lungs which have just gone through 4 infusions of ipi.  Most of mine grew just a bit (3mm, 7mm, 4mm, etc, etc), so they assumed it was melanoma as most things non cancerous don't grow. Your Dr. probably wants to wait 3 months because the nodule is too small to really know what it is.   Subcentimeter is ct/mri talk for "below 1cm" which is where you want to be if you have nodules.  I really have no idea what those other numbers mean. I do know that 50% of the population have lung nodules for all kinds of reasons, so hopefully it will stay put and vanish on it's own.

                            Best of luck.

                            Lisa – Stage 4

                            • October 14, 2011 at 8:43 pm
                            Lisa13
                            Participant

                              I have 15 subcentimeter nodules in my lungs which have just gone through 4 infusions of ipi.  Most of mine grew just a bit (3mm, 7mm, 4mm, etc, etc), so they assumed it was melanoma as most things non cancerous don't grow. Your Dr. probably wants to wait 3 months because the nodule is too small to really know what it is.   Subcentimeter is ct/mri talk for "below 1cm" which is where you want to be if you have nodules.  I really have no idea what those other numbers mean. I do know that 50% of the population have lung nodules for all kinds of reasons, so hopefully it will stay put and vanish on it's own.

                              Best of luck.

                              Lisa – Stage 4

                              • October 14, 2011 at 8:43 pm
                              Lisa13
                              Participant

                                I have 15 subcentimeter nodules in my lungs which have just gone through 4 infusions of ipi.  Most of mine grew just a bit (3mm, 7mm, 4mm, etc, etc), so they assumed it was melanoma as most things non cancerous don't grow. Your Dr. probably wants to wait 3 months because the nodule is too small to really know what it is.   Subcentimeter is ct/mri talk for "below 1cm" which is where you want to be if you have nodules.  I really have no idea what those other numbers mean. I do know that 50% of the population have lung nodules for all kinds of reasons, so hopefully it will stay put and vanish on it's own.

                                Best of luck.

                                Lisa – Stage 4

                              • October 14, 2011 at 2:14 pm
                              jcraigdawson
                              Participant

                                Jamie,

                                I feel your pain in not knowing. I recently had a very similar scenario occur, 7mm "something" on a pet with a low uptake and nothing showing on a CT with contrast done the same week. The doctors all recommended the same – wait and see. The oncological surgen said no one in their right mind would go digging for something that small, and something that small is aweful hard to hit with a needle biopsy. As for what it might be, a whole lot more lung nodules are benign than are melanoma.

                                Good Luck,

                                Craig.

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