Ambenj 0 Report post Posted Thursday at 02:45 PM My mother was diagnosed with Lung Cancer 1 year ago. The tumor and a lobe + some was removed. Test results showed that it was limited stage SCLC. She decided not to do any treatment. A year later, she has had no recurrence but now has a Pulmonary Embolism. From what I am reading, this has a connection to lung cancer and I am wondering if it could mean that the cancer is coming back? Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steff 784 Report post Posted Thursday at 03:24 PM Hi there, First and foremost, we are not doctors and I am not personally familiar with Pulmonary Embolisms, but have done a bit of research on them. Blood clots can form for lots of reasons, the most common in PE being deep vein thrombosis. Yes, cancer is a risk factor, but so is major surgery (lobectomy) and inactivity (I'm assuming your mom was less active than usual when she was recovering from surgery). I don't know how long deep vein thrombosis takes to occur and don't know if your mom's lobectomy a year ago is too long ago to consider as a risk factor. Since you say she has had no recurrence, I am assuming she has had follow-up scans to keep an eye on things and verify nothing has come back? Least of all I am also assuming that in identifying PE, she had at least 1 scan to identify it. So, is there anything new showing up on those scans? While it's very easy to blame every little thing on lung cancer ( I do it too with my mom), your mom's PE could be related to some other issue. For questions like these, I always refer back to my mom's oncologist to get a definite answer. They can probably tell you how common PE's are in lung cancer. Take care, Steff 2 BridgetO and Tom Galli reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
