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2018-07-31 20:31:47
B'friend is 39 & his mother & g/mother chained smoked for 40yrs & both died from lung cancer but never tried t'ment.He smoked for 15yrs but stopped 9 yrs ago. He was in a bad accident 15yrs ago & his rt leg was amputated below the knee & his rt lung collapsed twice.That caused COPD but he uses Inhaler once in am/pm & wks great.Shelf fell on him at wk 3mths ago & caused mth long bk injury.After bk healed Xray showed mass-Dr said pneumonia or cancer-it was pneumonia. Thinks he has Lung Cancer now.
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Hi. I understand your concern s. Consult a pulmonologist for the same at the earliest

Answered2018-08-01 09:51:19

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He needs a work up with a pulmonologist... his test will mainly include CT scan along with other test and the pulmonologist shall decide on the type of CT scan.

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