seta demirjian wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I wonder if you could help me out. My father has COPD and emphasyma and
> a black dot (as large as a button) on his left lung. The doctor thinks
> it is lung cancer, but he is afraid to do a Biobsy because his he thinks
> his lung will collapse. Yes, dad smoked for as many as 40 years. He
> stopped smoking 10 years ago. Is there any other way to check if he has
> cancer besides a Biopsy?
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
Was the initial finding a result of an x-ray or scan of some sort? I
believe if you call the National Cancer Institute, they may be able to
provide you with names of a medical facility in your area for 2nd
opinion as to the answer to your question. They are located at
1-800-4cancer.
Good luck and God Bless
marty and Barb
------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is an automatically-generated notice. If you'd like to be removed
from the mailing list, please visit the Medicine-On-Line Discussion Forum
at <http://www.meds.com/con_faq.html>, or send an email message to:
majordomo@lists.meds.com
with the subject line blank and the body of the message containing the line:
unsubscribe mol-cancer your-email-address
where the phrase your-email-address is replaced with your actual email
address.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
