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Has anyone gotten a second opinion for before lung cancer surgery?
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It may be too late to be helpful, but we had a doctor friend suggest we get a second opinion after my spouse's cancer team indicated the course of action they wanted to take. We paid out of pocket and went to a major cancer institute. While we can never know the outcome of what would have happened had we gone with the original recommendation, we feel strongly that the second opinion was very helpful and was, in fact, the better course of treatment. I encourage you to go for it. I also did not feel comfortable with the original surgeon and the one we went with after the second opinion was truly outstanding. Good luck.
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I have NOT had these issues. However, I need to know if any of you have had radialogy of LLL (small lession) but cancer is also in the mediatenum. I doing OK w/chemo and immuno. After Dr. did not remove the LLL tumor, I continue w/above mentioned treatments, which I tolerate well. Returned to oncologist, went for second opinion re: radiation, both told me NO. They believed the treatment would cause serious scarring which could cause breathing problems. So has anyone had this radiation and had issues w/scarring and breathing problems? Thanks for any info. you can provide. rlf66
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@tinambor I didn't go for a second opinion but was a surgical candidate for a lower left lobectomy. After a broncostomy and Lung Function Test, the surgeon member of my oncology team told me that, although he "could" perform the surgery, he felt that he "shouldn't."
He said that because of the poor condition of my lungs, surgery would have left me with very poor lung performance.
So, I thanked him for his honesty and opted for combination of concurrent chemo/radiation therapy which I completed two months ago.
In my opinion, you must believe in the treatment that you will be going through. If not, consider alternative(s).