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Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Feb 18 4:48pm | Replies (1051)
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@tvichkon, I believe that @tymish17 and @vlpr have mentioned prophylactic brain radiation or prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI).

I can imagine whether to have prophylactic brain radiation or not is a hard decision to make. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has a high risk for brain metastases, but what if you don't have metastasis? Age and other health factors also go into the decision making.

@tvichkon, what did you decide and what helped you make the decision?

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tvichkon | @tvichkon | Feb 13 7:18pm

I'm waiting to speak to my oncologist. It hasn't spread yet and I will be starting immunotherapy in a couple of weeks. I'm just not able to find enough data to support a decision yet

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