Can any one shed some light please

Hi im

asking on Behalf of my grandmother she has skin cancer nodule meloma on her back removed back in august had ct scan and found some nodules in lungs they say 6mm x 5 and 3 x 4mm they say it's likely to be presumed metastasis. And does she wish to be referred to an oncologist obviously she does.

is this likely lung cancer and why is she getting the choice to be referred.

 

thank you  

  • Hello Nat,

                    unfortunately it looks like the cancer has spread to the lung.Your grandmother would be offered the choice of treatment because it would not be assumed that she would wish to undergo what might be a gruelling treatment on a cancer that has spread with her age possibly being a factor.There will cases where a shorter but better quality of life might be considered a better option.

                                                                                                                                          l am so sorry for your distress, but everything will be much clearer after the consultation, right now it is all ifs and maybe's, and the natural tendency is to look at the bleakest scenario,which may not prove to be the case,

               David