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A member asked:
If someone smoked 30 years ago and now has a lung nodule should it be removed asap?
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Get checked.: If a person has a lung nodule and a history of smoking 30 years ago, it should at least be checked out by a doctor and preferably aspirated for cells, etc..There is almost no way to know what this is unless it is checked out by previous x rays, and the above tests to get more knowledge about it. Then the best course of action can be determined.
Answered 5/27/2020
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See below: Please refer to our previous exchange and just go ahead and have it removed for your piece of mind, and if it turns out to be cancer, it may be curative as well.
Answered 9/9/2019
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