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I had my last treatment of chemo for my cancer on January 14, 2003. I have been having follow-up
CT's, bloodwork and chest Xrays. This last CT scan showed a enlarged lymph node of a little over
1cm. My blood work and Chest Xray all came back normal. My oncologist wants to do surgery if in a
month the lymph node has stayed the same or enlarged. I asked her about doing a pet scan to see it
was actually cancer and she responded that the pet scan probably would not pick something that small
up. I personally do not want to have the surgery if my marker levels are all normal. does anyone
know if lymph nodes can enlarge and be cancerous without the marker levels elevating? Also what else
could cause enlarged lymph nodes? Thanks, J Clark [email protected]
CT's, bloodwork and chest Xrays. This last CT scan showed a enlarged lymph node of a little over
1cm. My blood work and Chest Xray all came back normal. My oncologist wants to do surgery if in a
month the lymph node has stayed the same or enlarged. I asked her about doing a pet scan to see it
was actually cancer and she responded that the pet scan probably would not pick something that small
up. I personally do not want to have the surgery if my marker levels are all normal. does anyone
know if lymph nodes can enlarge and be cancerous without the marker levels elevating? Also what else
could cause enlarged lymph nodes? Thanks, J Clark [email protected]