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What Does My CAT Scan Result Indicate?
Recently finished chemo after mastectomy triple neg diagnosis with no lump nodes had cat scan during chemo to rule out blood clot advised to repeat in 4mo did that said I had nodules on first scan that appear to have gotten slightly larger what could cause this .
Tue, 10 Feb 2015
Hi! this might mean to say that there are some viable tumor cells that are dividing and spreading in the nearby area causing nodule on the CAT scan; this might need additional treatment and for confirmation you might have to go for PET-SCAN or fine needle biopsy!
Hope you got the answer; please now discuss it with your oncologist and if necessary revert back to us.
regards,
Hope you got the answer; please now discuss it with your oncologist and if necessary revert back to us.
regards,
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