My Grandad, who is 84, has annual x-rays to check his lungs after open heart surgery 3 years ago. His most recent xray 2 weeks ago raised concerns so he was asked to come back for a CT scan. He was told after the CT scan that there is a mass at the bottom of his lung. My grandma attended the appointments with my Grandad. Both are in their 80's, and my grandfather has alzhiemers. From their reckoning, they were told that my Grandad would need a biopsy and were given cancer leaflets. They went to the hospital this morning for what they thought was the biopsy, but instead was spirometry testing.
From doing a little bit of research online I have discovered that spirometry tests are done before a biopsy in some cases, although my grandparents have said they were not told why these tests were being done, or what the next steps are.
What I really need to know is; would my grandfather be given cancer leaflets by the hospital if he didn't have cancer?
