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Why did you have a lobectomy? Were you told you'd be cured?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 17 11:22pm | Replies (37)
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@julie67

hmmm. both my pulmonologist and oncologist have used that word. They were educated in foreign countries''maybe they don't understand the meaning completely.......

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denzie | @denzie | Sep 5 11:20am

Some doctors in the US do use cured. Most surgery in early stage cancer is done with curative intent. And I have met people at various patients conferences who have gone 19, 20 years and more without recurrence. At a Cancer Survivor Day celebration in 2014, I met a man who had been 25 years cancer free after having a lung removed.

One of the most amazing, long term advocates I've met is Dusty Donaldson. Her story is here:
https://lcfamerica.org/story/lung-cancer-patient-advocacy/

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