Possibly secondary lung cancer - what happens next?

Hi Smithde

I hope all goes well with your Mum and her appointment 

Ill be thinking of you. 

I didn’t go back to my colorectal team I went straight to the lung cancer department.

I’m not sure if that’s relevant or different trusts work differently 

best wishes 

Thank you so much x

Secondary cancers are the original type of cancer in a different location, for example a mass of bowel cancer cells in the lung.  Primaries are masses of malignant cells from the organ in which they're found.  Biopsies are the usual method of establishing whether you're dealing with primaries or secondaries.  Each primary cancer tends to spread in certain patterns.

Thank you. My mum has am appointment today do we should hopefully know more soon.

Good luck with the appointment!

Just a little update on my post,  my mum is going to have surgery to remove a lung nodule (unsure if definitely cancerous at the moment, but probably is) then radiotherapy and possibly chemo.

Unfortunately they also found a 9mm cancerous lymph node in her pelvis which will also be targeted with radiotherapy. 

Glad we have a bit more info now, but obviously not great news unfortunately.

Thanks for the update 

Sorry that they’ve found a cancerous lymph node but it’s really good that they’ve discovered it and can blast it with radiotherapy. My brother has had similar from his prostate cancer and they’ve successfully given targeted radiotherapy

Good luck with the operation 

sending you a hug 

Thanks so much Artsie . I think it's more that we know the pelvic lymph node is a secondary, so I guess the cancer could keep popping up in different places. The communication hasn't been great, so we have no idea how likely this is or what to expect. 

But yes, very glad they caught it early - if she hadn't had the last scan, we wouldn't have known.

Yes I understand, my brother was the same. But he’s doing really well with the treatment 

Hope all goes well