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Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 26 3:10pm | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
Update: got biopsies last Friday, getting results Tuesday. Samples were taken from left nodule ( which is smaller than originally thought, .8mm not 1.2), left hilar lymph, a couple from right paratracheal lymph nodes, and some saline lavage fluid. Still waiting, been waiting to find out what he has since end of August when we first got the news. Any advice on what to remember to ask if we have to discuss treatment? I like the discussion about health goals. Also, we are ready to go to Minnesota for treatment/2nd opinion, how does that work with our local doctors? We already send all imaging and reports to Mayo for his file up there.
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@lbucky, patients can self-refer to Mayo Clinic or have their physician make the referral. You can find out more here: http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63
Many Mayo Clinic patients go to Mayo for complex and serious illness, while maintaining a relationship with a local non-Mayo physician. So, there are many options on how that can work. I've done a little bit of both.
I'm assuming that you have received results of the biopsies by now. How are you both handling the news?
@lbucky, Here is a start for what questions you may want to ask:
- What stage is the cancer?
- What are the treatment options?
- Have the specimens be sent for biomarker testing
- What else do I need to know?
- What is the next step?
- If surgery is recommended, what type of post-surgical support will be expected?
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First, I suspect it depends on what your insurance allows you to do. If you are allowed to self-refer etc. I self-referred to Mayo as soon as I saw the results from my CT and PET scans. I set up a Mayo account and told my local pulmonolgist to send everything. Mayo said it was 90 percent cancer and in my case did biopsy and surgery in one sitting.