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Ct scan shows 2nodule and upper l and lr enlarged lymph node in right paratrachial, tracheal bronchial and subcarina no biopsy yet is it 100% cancer?
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Biopsy: Without a biopsy showing cancer, you can't be 100% sure a mass is cancer. Some physical findings make the probability high however.
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