CancerCompass message board discussion started by rito22 on 7/7/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,25806,0.htm Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I took my two year old son to the doctor to check a bump I noticed on the side of my sons throat. The ENT mentioned that there was no infection and sent me to a cancer specialist. The cancer specialist had my son go into Quest for CT_Scan and for some blood work. According to the doctor, everything came out normal except for the size of the lymph node.  Due to this, the doctor said that I had two choices. The first choice was to get a biopsy where there were going to remove the node and send it to get tested. The second option was to simply wait and observe. What do you reccomend? My son eats and acts like any other normal child. I am just afraid that if it is cancer, that it will spread once they try to perform the biopsy. rito22 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi Rito, I have no knowledge of a biopsy causing cancer to spread to other parts of the body.  I think, if it were me, I'd rather know if it was cancer and be doing something about it, rather than sitting around waiting.  As your son gets older, the fear of the unknown could limit his happiness unless handled very well. Again, this is just my opinion.  I respect other's right to disagree with me.Donald A. Wilhelm, author This Time's a Charm; Lessons of a Four-Time Cancer Survivor ThisTimesaCharm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 7/7/2008 rito22 wrote:I took my two year old son to the doctor to check a bump I noticed on the side of my sons throat. The ENT mentioned that there was no infection and sent me to a cancer specialist. The cancer specialist had my son go into Quest for CT_Scan and for some blood work. According to the doctor, everything came out normal except for the size of the lymph node.  Due to this, the doctor said that I had two choices. The first choice was to get a biopsy where there were going to remove the node and send it to get tested. The second option was to simply wait and observe. What do you reccomend? My son eats and acts like any other normal child. I am just afraid that if it is cancer, that it will spread once they try to perform the biopsy.My grandson was about that age when he had a lump in his neck. The lump was removed for biopsy and there was no disease found. The proceedure was done as an out patient and he did very well. If I were in your place I'd have the biopsy done. Jgstr18 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT