mpbser wrote:praying3,
. . . . I also don't think that the suggestion for a needle biopsy is unusual. . . .
Lee wrote:mpbser wrote:praying3,
. . . . I also don't think that the suggestion for a needle biopsy is unusual. . . .
Be very careful there. Know the surgeon and his/her experience. When dealing with a liver and biopsy, sometimes cancer cells get left behind (seeding). Then you have many new tumors. For some reason and I don't know why, this can be a problem with liver biopsy. Does not seem such a problem with lung biopsy.
Get the facts before going down this path, good luck, all the best,
Lee
prayingof3 wrote:
See, this scares me. It is supposed to be a CT guided needle biopsy. I did read a little about seeding, but it seems to be rare. We have a meeting with the oncologist tomorrow and I am going to ask about this risk. I just don't understand why if the PET scan shows this as cancer why we have to do this. The oncologist said he just wanted to be sure. So apparently somewhere down the line PET scans have been wrong I guess. I just hate all of this period. I just can't believe in a matter of like 6 weeks new lesions have shown up on his liver!
prayingof3 wrote: . . . We have a meeting with the oncologist tomorrow and I am going to ask about this risk. I just don't understand why if the PET scan shows this as cancer why we have to do this. . . .
tater wrote:My wife is in a similar spot. We had a PET that shows no activity on the liver and an initial CT that shows a cyst on the liver. After radiation and chemo we now have 4-5 tiny 4-5mm spots on the liver. They do not want to do a needle biopsy first they are too small second they don't want to spread it in the liver. They are hesitant of doing it. On thursday we had our surgery where the doctors removed her rectum, uterus, overies and iliac nodes on right side. He also to out two of the spots that are on the lower right lobe. We are waiting our pathology but he is thinking cancer.
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