Thx for your thoughtful reply.

Dx was Lower left lobe Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, invasive. Had Lobectomy, clean cut, nodules above and below clear. Surgeon and Pulmonologist said “good”, no chemo or radiation necessary.

PCP said see oncologist, who said do 4 course of chemo to eliminate any wayward cancer specs After 2nd chemo, Oncologist ordered follow-up :
- CT - showed new mass in left adrenal gland.
- Pet CT - adrenal lit up.
- MRI - new mass suggestive of metastasis (but tiny tumor is not viewable on slides - it’s inbtwn slices).
- Biopsy - “not malignant”. Surgeon said since mass is so small, perhaps needle missed cancer cells.

So we don’t know if/not/same/cancer:
- Is this mass cancerous?
- Will remaining 2 “lung” chemos work on this tumor?
- If not, are we wasting time not doing surgery bc this tumor could spread? But shouldn’t remove a non-cancerous adrenal gland.

Plan is based on not knowing exactly what this is, going on assumption it’s metastatic lung cancer tumor:
- Do blood tests to see if adrenal gland is functioning.
- Finish chemo
- Do CT and/or MRI
- if still any mass, get Adrenalectomy.