article_snippet: Getting a diagnosis relies on taking a biopsy from the right part.
article_snippet: a scan revealed that the cancer had returned to the same lung. '
article_snippet: Suddenly, doctors started using the cancer for the first time -
article_snippet: I was told that the cancer was stable, but I felt as if I had a ticking time-bomb inside me and dreaded going to my scans.'
article_snippet: People often wrongly refer to the cancer as benign, says Mr Pearce. '
article_snippet: People say: "Good news, it's a benign tumour", then a few years later: "Bad news, it's spread". '
article_snippet: The cells can look benign down a microscope and that's why you need to see a specialist, because The cells will know how these really do behave - and The cells do spread, in 30 to 40 per cent of cases.'