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Suggest Treatment For Tumor In Lung

My mother has just been diagnosed with a tumour in her lung she is waiting for an appointment to see what kind of tumour whether its cancer or not and which form.....a couple of years ago she had bowel cancer and had half her bowel removed and was doing really well, we are concerned obviously and wonder whether there will realistically be a treatment available ? She is in her early 80 s too so difficult age to be coping with this.
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
In my opinion the present lung tumour might be malignant only. Since your mother had bowel cancer chances of lung metastases are very high. So better to get done PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scan and if there is hot spot than probability of malignant tumour is high.
You may biopsy to confirm this.
Treatment will remain palliative chemotherapy only, as it is stage 4 cancer so surgery is not indicated.
So better to consult oncologist and discuss all these.
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Suggest Treatment For Tumor In Lung

Thanks for your question on HCM. In my opinion the present lung tumour might be malignant only. Since your mother had bowel cancer chances of lung metastases are very high. So better to get done PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scan and if there is hot spot than probability of malignant tumour is high. You may biopsy to confirm this. Treatment will remain palliative chemotherapy only, as it is stage 4 cancer so surgery is not indicated. So better to consult oncologist and discuss all these.