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Multifocal Adenocarcinoma of the lung, continual recurrences
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Vic Am glad you are doing well. I'm impressed by the response you received once were diagnosed with Covid and getting the viral therapy to you. I'm in Minnesota as well and have tried to wade through the dept of health web site to understand how to get treatment if needed or what kind. Extremely confusing. So expect I would go to my primary care doctor which is Allina and/or try to see if my Mayo Hematology and/or Oncology doctors can help. Anyway, I hope I don't ever need it. Also, I have my 4th Moderna shot scheduled for April.
On another subject, Prior to my last surgery, radiation and ablation were also mentioned/offered as a treatment for my lung nodule. Merry has commented a bit on radiation but I don't see cryo ablation ( freezing the nodule) mentioned much in this forum. Am wondering if you or anyone else has experience or comments on this as a treatment. Thank you
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Found this: Treatment options for pulmonary multifocal ground glass opacity type adenocarcinoma: Surgery combine thermal ablation? (Definition: Thermal ablation refers to the destruction of tissue by extreme hyperthermia (elevated tissue temperatures) or hypothermia (depressed tissue temperatures). The temperature change is concentrated to a focal zone in and around the tumor. ) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8562276/
@stanleykent- Nice to hear from you again, even via Vic. What a great question you asked. This procedure is usually for debulking a large tumor in late-stage lung cancers. Other than that I do not have enough information to fully answer your question.
Have you researched this yourself?
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Hi Stan. I too was impressed that they delivered the medication to my door two hours after my phone call!!!! I would contact your doctors on how to proceed to be prepared - I never checked MN site, but you could try calling around there too. There is a point system to decide who gets these emergency approved drugs, and my doctor's nurse (organized to do this) questioned me accordingly. I "passed" and got the medication. But sadly, there is not enough to meet the demand. Regarding your other question, I was just recently diagnosed with multifocal adenocarcinoma, and I had VAT surgery to remove the largest nodule six weeks ago. So, I won't know what is next until my March CT scan. I was told I am a classic case, and they will treat aggressively.