MOM WITH GROWTH

[ANGIE1965]

MY MOM JUST FOUND OUT SHE AHAD A GROWTH IN HER LEFT LUNG WENT IN FOR AN XRAY FOR SOMETHING AND THEY FOUND THIS, SHE IS NOT A SMOKER,HEALTHY AND REALLY TAJKES CARE OF HERESELF, THEY ARE SENDING HER FOR CT SCAN AND BIOPSY, IS IT MOST LIKELY CANCER, I CAN NOT SEE ANY INFOR ON BENIGN GROWTHS?  ALSO SHE IS 63 YEARS OLD

[ANGIE1965]

IT MUST BE FAIRLY NEW BECAUSE SHE HAS HAD XRAYS 3 YEARS AGO AND 2 YEARS AGO FOR PNEUNOMIA AND NO ONE MENTIONED ANYTHING , SHE DID HAve a scare 15 years ago when they thought she had liver cancer and it ended up being a hemangioma I will try and get info on tumour and email back after her consult on WEDNESDAY

[HeinrikMD]

Hi,
It would premature to make robust estimates. All we have to work with is her age, in which the odds of malignancy would be higher than if she was only 35 years old. We also do not know if the finding is new, unless she has a prior X-ray in the past.

Do you have a specific description? In general those that are spiculated (compared with those that are regular shaped with smooth edges) are more likely malignant, those that are intensely white are more likely benign.

The CT scan is a good next step, in which an estimate of malignancy would be better and a recommendation on what to do next would likewise be better. Listen well to the options and plans, there are some people who start to get distracted by the possibility of malignancy that the decisions they make may be unreasonable.