possible cancer??

[Billie36]

my grandmother just informed me that her doctor found 2 spots on her lung but they were not active. Could you please tell me what that means. they said she needs to follow up every 3 months

[Billie36]

thank you for your info...it has taken a little bit of concern off of my chest

[Kamal S Saini, MD, MRCP (UK), DM]

This probably refers to an Xray of the chest, where they found 2 lesions in her lung fields.

"Not active" probably refers to the fact that these "spots" were not consistent with pneumonia, TB, or Cancer.

A follow-up Xray after 3 months is a good idea.