Jim spoke with Dr. Adil I. Daud at UCSF this evening and learned the following:
A biopsy of the nodule in Jim’s lung is not going to happen. The Melanoma board met this afternoon, reviewed Jim’s case and concluded that -based on the PET scans– the likelihood of the tumor being something serious is very small. And because the size of the tumor is so small, there is too high a risk of puncturing the lung during a biopsy.
A biopsy of the nodule in Jim’s lung is not going to happen. The Melanoma board met this afternoon, reviewed Jim’s case and concluded that -based on the PET scans– the likelihood of the tumor being something serious is very small. And because the size of the tumor is so small, there is too high a risk of puncturing the lung during a biopsy.
Also, Interferon treatment must happen within a certain amount of time after surgery and we are very close to that cut off date. Jim will likely start Interferon this week.
Jim will have another PET scan in a couple of months to assess the tumor in his lung.
~ Sylvie
~ Sylvie
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ginger g. // November 30, 2008 at 6:19 am
I can attest that lung biopsies are a rough recovery. Sounds like the docs in SF made the right choice. Jim needs his strength for the Interferon.