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Is Removal Of Tumor Necessary To Avoid Future Problems?
My mom has had a lung CT Biopsy that came back inconclusive. The PET scan shows active cancer cells. The doctor wants to do lung test to evaluate the strenght of her lungs & then determine whether to remove the tumor or try another biopsy. Does this sound reasonable to you?
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Thu, 16 Oct 2014
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Since biopsy came back as inconclusive and pet scan is showing active cancer cells I would advise you to do a re biopsy .If biopsy comes out as positive then to go for lung surgery followed by chemotherapy.
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Dr de
Since biopsy came back as inconclusive and pet scan is showing active cancer cells I would advise you to do a re biopsy .If biopsy comes out as positive then to go for lung surgery followed by chemotherapy.
Regards
Dr de
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