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Not eligible for Immunotherapy. Now what?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: May 22 5:00pm | Replies (58)
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@dougmck

Thanks, I was able to read the ablation paper from the link. This makes me wonder why the procedure isn't used more often. I don't currently have a pulmonologist, I'll check out the PFT internet page.

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vic83 | @vic83 | May 20 9:01pm

Google for "CT guided ablation" also - one needs place where someone is trained to do it
Here is booklet that has explanation of pulmonary function tests. Based on your age and weight there is a predicted value and then you are measured on the percent you perform against the "predicted value". Key measures as far as I understand are FEV(or FEV1), DLCO and lung volume capacity
https://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/docs/default-source/programs/educational-materials/pf-information-guides/pf-info-guide.pdf

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vic83 | @vic83 | May 20 9:23pm

Here is another article on CT guided ablation with some PFT values
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9096293/
(key PFT measures FEV1, DLCO)

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