ellen24

Hi yes that was what I was trying to get out. Question? With my husband history of smoking they calculate it to be 80 pack smoker and being 66. Might it just be safter to just go in and that the nodule taken out? Rather than have a biopsy? I mean even if the biopsy comes back negative, it will still have to be watch with CAT scans so more radiation. Just thinking out loud. Thanks again!

Thanks Tom, it was mm for the measurements. I realize the nodule is small but I am just wondering why the pulmonlogist would recommend a surgeon and not just be able to do the biopsy? Is it the location? I remember the doctor saying even though it is in the right lung it is near the heart??? Maybe a bronchoscope can't get down to that space?

Hi, I am so very worried about my husband who has been referred to a thoracic surgeon for a growing lung nodule. His Lung Rad score was a 4b. His nodule was 0.9 x 0.6 in Feb'2015, May 1.1 x 0.6 and now 1.4 x 07. His pulmonlogist won't be able to do the biopsy. He said a surgeon has to do it? The nodule is located in the right mid lobe in the right lung. My husband is 66 years. He has stop smoking these past 6 months. However, he has smoke roughly a pack and half since he was 20!!! I am so scared it is cancer. The pulmonlogist said it might be better just to remove the nodule instead of a biopsy? We have an appointment on Friday. I am awaiting a appointment with a thoracic surgeon from Sloan Kettering. I figure I live in NYC go for the best? Any help and insights would be so helpful.