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Are pulmonary nodules usually cancer?
by concerned_daughter1220, Feb 01, 2009 06:42AM
My father had a radical nephrectomy to remove a cancerous tumor (October 2008). His Chest CT before surgery indicated mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The doctors approach was wait and see.
So his 3 month follow-up CT Scans of lungs and kidney area were clear (Jan 2009). However, his PET Scan indicates "several tiny bilateral subcentimeter pulmonary nodules, a few of which demonstrate FDG activity and are suspicious for metasteses." This was quoted from the PET SCAN.
Is this indicative of lung cancer or could there be another reason for this?
So his 3 month follow-up CT Scans of lungs and kidney area were clear (Jan 2009). However, his PET Scan indicates "several tiny bilateral subcentimeter pulmonary nodules, a few of which demonstrate FDG activity and are suspicious for metasteses." This was quoted from the PET SCAN.
Is this indicative of lung cancer or could there be another reason for this?
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