My Sister was diagnosed with Stage 4 RCC August 23, 2007. She has finished two cycles of Sutent and was sent for Cat Scan. This Cat Scan reads almost identical to her first one that was done in August. The major difference is, in her lungs "many of the larger metastatic foci have central necrosis." The large mass on her right kidney, is centrally necrotic. And a lesion on her lower lumbar spine in centrally necrotic.
Can someone tell me what "centrally necrotic" or central necrosis means? Is this a positive or negative diagnosis?
Thanks, Sis