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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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@ponytail, Cancer can certainly be sneaky, and tests and scans aren't perfect, but pathology generally doesn't lie. Are they thinking that the neoadjuvant treatments cleared up the cancer, and that's why it's not showing in the tissue and nodes that were removed? If yes, that's a good thing. The treatments did their job and did it so well that they can't find any cancer cells. That MAY not mean that there are no cancer cells somewhere else in your body. I wonder if that's why they want to stay with the plan and continue on with radiation and more chemo. I'm not saying that this is wrong for a stage II patient (I'm not a clinician, just a patient like you). Ultimately your treatment is your choice, and it's difficult to make these decisions without good information. I feel for you, as these decisions can be so complicated, and we don't have medical degrees. Relying on our doctors to guide us, includes explaining why they recommend certain treatments and procedures. Are you in a position to seek a second opinion at all?

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Lisa...that is exactly why the Dr's (both oncologist & radiologist)want me to accept this chemo/radiation treatment. There may be cancer cells lurking even though these biopsies didn't show any malignancy. Apparently chemo makes cancer cells more sensitive to radiation and so the combined therapy. Dr wants me to look at this as "insurance". Trusting my Dr team.