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Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jul 23 8:35pm | Replies (33)
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I had an upper left robotic Lobectomy in April. The biopsy showed Stage 1A and EFRG variant on the bio marker test (I have never smoked).
I also had breast cancer in 2019, treated with lumpectomy and then radiation.
This lung cancer is not a metastasis. It is in exactly the same location as my radiation was, so I feel sure that the radiation caused it, but my doctors (lung and breast) say it is impossible to know. Has anyone else had lung cancer following radiation for breast cancer?
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Thank you for replying and I hope you are feeling better now. The pulmonologist is convinced mine is from radiation but you are right, it is impossible to know. I was told also that a surgeon might find it hard to get at the mass which is right at the sight of radiation and not deep at all. The difficulty is getting through thick skin. Does that sound familiar at all to your case? I hope I can go the robotic method, too with more rapid recovery? May I ask, please, how long it took you to recover, please? I am 68 and healthy overall and I walk a few miles every day. (That's what I live for to do outside.) I get together this week with an oncology lung doctor, and I am guessing I will not be offered radiation because I already had that. (?) I am wondering though if chemo will be offered? That scares me the most.
Many thanks for your info, and wishing you continued health.
Burdyblue