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Multifocal Adenocarcinoma of the lung, continual recurrences

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jun 14 6:32pm | Replies (472)
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@akfishinmom1

Thank you for your reply Merry. My surgeon did mention this for further treatment if needed. I don’t think he’s a big advocate for multiple surgeries. I was wondering about immunotherapy since my biomarker test came back positive for EFGR. Can they not treat remaining lesions with medication before they become cancerous? My oncologist was not very good at explaining what the biomarker test meant other than she did have a discussion with the surgeon about it. Since I did have segmentectomy surgery I assume he thought that was the better option. I wish I would have been included in on that conversation.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Feb 3, 2022

@akfishinmom1- You hit the nail on its head! The problem with treating Multifocal lung cancer is that there isn't enough KNOWN information known yet. To answer your question, with a question- "what would be used to zap the lesions if they aren't cancerous?" I suppose that "do no harm" has something to do with this too. Any treatment will cause some damage to your healthy lung tissue.

If I wasn't involved in a conversation that might answer questions that I had I would get a second opinion. You have the right to have your questions answered so that you understand them. Your biomarker test was to test if there are any variants in your cancer. Lung cancer has several and it's tested because certain treatments have been found to treat them differently. This is used after surgery. It's called immunotherapy.

Have you been told that you will have further treatment?

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