My mom has had multiple lung nodules that they've been watching for a few years now that have been slowly growing. She has had PET scans and two biopsies - the first one came back inconclusive because they couldn't get a good sample size. The second one came back negative for cancer - they didn't say she didn't have cancer, just that cancer was not found.
She just went in for another scan last week and the results were that the nodules had grown slightly. She's seeing the doctor today to find out next steps, but I am freaking out. I can't find any outcome online for growing nodules that is not cancer and since she has multiple nodules I'm worried about it not even being a primary cancer. Has anyone had nodules that grew over years that didn't turn out to be cancer? Can't they understand anything more through the biopsy?
Biopsy Negative But Nodules Grew Slightly
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My mom has had multiple lung nodules that they've been watching for a few years now that have been slowly growing. She has had PET scans and two biopsies - the first one came back inconclusive because they couldn't get a good sample size. The second one came back negative for cancer - they didn't say she didn't have cancer, just that cancer was not found.
She just went in for another scan last week and the results were that the nodules had grown slightly. She's seeing the doctor today to find out next steps, but I am freaking out. I can't find any outcome online for growing nodules that is not cancer and since she has multiple nodules I'm worried about it not even being a primary cancer. Has anyone had nodules that grew over years that didn't turn out to be cancer? Can't they understand anything more through the biopsy?