buzzard_jones

According to the Mayo Clinic website, lung nodules are usually benign although some become cancerous, usually the larger nodules. It appears that an annual CT scan is standard protocol to see if the nodules have changed. Other diagnostic tests used to evaluate nodules include PET scans and the bronchoscopy. If nodules are suspected of being cancerous, tissue biopsies are conducted and the tissue is sent to a pathologist for examination and to determine if the tissue is benign or malignant.

In regards to your thyroid nodules, the Mayo website stated that most thyroid nodules are not cancerous although you could be given a Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA) biopsy just to make sure. Other diagnostic tests used to evaluate thyroid nodules include ultrasonography, thyroid scan and thyroid function tests.

For more specific info, go to the Mayo website. If you feel the tests were were inadequate, ask to have additional testing, perhaps tissue biopsies for the lung nodules and FNA biopsies for the thyroid nodules. If the VA refuses the additional testing, you could go to a private oncologist for a second opinion. JMO

Good luck to you and take care of yourself.

GP

buzzard _jones
stay on top of this bud!

If you are not in the AO Registry ? Ask your PCP for an AO Exam & get placed in the Registry!




.....................Buck!