My mother has just been diagnosed with a tumour in her lung she is waiting for an appointment to see what kind of tumour whether its cancer or not and which form.....a couple of years ago she had bowel cancer and had half her bowel removed and was doing really well, we are concerned obviously and wonder whether there will realistically be a treatment available ? She is in her early 80 s too so difficult age to be coping with this.
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. In my opinion the present lung tumor might be malignant only. Since your mother had bowel cancer chances of lung metastases are very high. So better to get done PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scan and if there is hot spot than probability of malignant tumor is high. You may biopsy to confirm this. Treatment will remain palliative chemotherapy only, as it is stage 4 cancer, so surgery is not indicated. So better to consult oncologist and discuss all these.