What is SUV?

mary_kay

I have never seen this in any of my stacks of info given to me.

Follow up Ct/Pet scan 17 mm perfissual nodule

clouwel

i had a recent follow up et scan on a perifissual nodule that has grown in my left upper posterior lung 17n mm along with a cavitating n...

Heredity of lung cancer

randomt982

Hello, My mother died of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) at 50 (which is young) and she had never smoked. I want to know if I have a hi...

Should I worry about lung cancer

Bunny10196

I am 25 years old and 27 weeks pregnant. I’ve been having a dry cough and a tickle in my throat from time to time. Sometimes the cough ca...

Is it a new cancer or one spread from the previous?

jianchun_zhu

I was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma in Mar. 2020. My left kidney was cut out. The doctor said that the cancer did not spread out. I...

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mary_kay

Thanks! I have my next scan on June 30th. This is how it will be. Scan and wait for results. Gotta live in the here and now. MK

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calamfred

I think stands for Standardized Uptake Value...the more uptake, the more likely for malignancy...but it can also mean some other metabolic process...like infection...Mom had this happen, one Dr. thought recurrence of lung cancer, in her other lung...luckily, turned out to be a lobular pneumonia...you know it is bad when one is happy to have pneumonia!! Beats the alternative...

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