Small lung node

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My husband finished chemo in June for pure seminoma stage 2b. Everything has been clear so far. Yesterday he went to see oncologist for results on ct scan, chest xray and bloodwork. Ct scan and bloodwork were clear and good. Chest xray is showing a very small node or vessel. Oncologist is not worried and he said for my husband to get a chest ct scan in 2 months. We are worried. Is it possible for spread to lung without any spread to abdomen? He had a 2cm node in abdonen before chemo. Now everything is clear.

  • Hi

    I can't help with your question but noticed that you hadn't had any replies to your post.

    Could I suggest that if you don't get any replies from the groups members that you post this question in the Ask a Nurse section of the community and one of the specialist nurses will aim to respond within 2 working days.

    When you have a minute, it would be really useful if you could pop something about your husband's journey so far into your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.

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  • Hi violet,

    Welcome to the world of surveillance, we all have  to learn how to handle it.  At some point in our surveillance I’m sure we all have a result that causes worry, a blood result, an X-ray, that at the next review often turns out to be fine.  The trend is all important.

     Can TC jump to lungs, missing out the lymph nodes?  I wouldn’t rule anything out, but would suggest it’s rare.  What would also be rare is a pure seminoma spreading during chemo.

    Worry between reviews is hard, but there is no alternative.  Your oncologist is not worried (easy for him/her as they aren’t living with it), which will be based on their experience., 

    It is easy said, but Try and  enjoy your husband returning to full strength following chemo, You have 5 years of surveillance, which is designed to pick any issues up early, but also causes stress.

    The odds are very strongly in your favour, BEP melts pure seminoma like butter!

    take care

    dan