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VATS approach for lung nodule surgery: How was your recovery? Pain?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Dec 30, 2025 | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
@vic83 I've only taken Tagrisso (2 years so far). my situation is a bit unique. I have ~30 bilateral nodules and 3 (now down to 1!) primary tumors, so I wasn't a candidate for surgery. I have a family history of lung cancer, so they gave me a liquid biopsy initially and discovered I have the germline EGFR T790M mutation.
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@mamajite They actually counted 30 nodules!!! Good for the reading Radiologist! What size were they?
In 4 years I have had many CT scans and the report description depends on the style of the reading Radiologist.
If 3 were primary (as in multifocal lung cancer where they are thought to be primary not metastasis) what are the others? So the immunotherapy got rid of them?
I am bilateral too, treated 5 nodules to date, there are "many others" but 4mm or less so they don't mention them much.
Lung cancer runs in my family too, only women it seems (my mother, my maternal cousin, and my niece all died from lung cancer and all much younger than me.