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Hi all. I had my first follow up visit with oncologist yesterday (3.5 months after surgery). Back in December during my pre surgery CT they found a small 5 mm "thing" in my liver they could not characterize, partly because I have a large hemangioma in the same area. So after surgery they planned for me to have a repeat CT now (had it last week). This time I went to a different scan center (within the same medical center), and a different radiologist read the films. He also read the previous films to compare. He said the 5 mm thing was actually 7 mm, and not only did it not change from the last CT, it was consistent with a cyst based on its characteristics. So...for the past 4 months my wife was afraid that I might have a met (I had a bit more "wait and see" attitude). When we asked the oncologist about it he said the current radiologist was the most experienced they had. Even the written description in the report was more detailed. Just goes to show...there are differences in how radiologists read films. Interestingly, while I did not think I was worried about it, I sure slept better last night than in awhile! And one more thing...the oncologist did not even remember we were watching this 5 mm thing.
Howard