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      • June 26, 2019 at 7:47 pm
      rg1981
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        Many thanks, Celeste.Really helpful.
        • December 1, 2018 at 5:43 pm
        rg1981
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          Thank you. Actually this is what I want them to do. I agree with you that it is always better to have more info, especially when it is relatively easy to get this info. I have an appointment for the biopsy this Monday. So then we will see how it will go. 

          • November 30, 2018 at 10:53 am
          rg1981
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            Hi, Lisa.

            Thank you for your reply. My onc does not want this biopsy now and suggests to wait until the next scheduled PET scan. He told me that for him the size of the lymph node will be the main indicator. His idea is if the next scan in January shows the higher uptake and/or bigger size his suggestion would be to remove this node completely. I agree that perhaps to do a surgery to remove the node is too early now but since there is something (though small) at the ultrasound, if it is possible to do the needle biopsy now (as far as I understood the procedure is fast and relatively easy) perhaps it cane make sense. So I need an advise shall I wait one month for the next scan or it makes sense to do the needle biopsy now. I will also discuss it with my surgeon on Monday but it would alos graet to get an "independent" advise.    

            • August 21, 2017 at 1:50 pm
            rg1981
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              Hi, Ed. Many thanks.! I have heard and read about cyber and gamma-knife but my doctors have never suggested it (at least up to date). Thanks for the idea – perhaps worth discussing. As for the radiation (I forgot to mention in my first post) I have alraedy had three session of radiation in teh begininmg of my treatment between first and second cycles of opdivo. Perhaps they could repeat it now. 

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