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Small Cell Lung Cancer with Bone Metastases: What next?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jul 14 2:50pm | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
Hi @jhp, I can see you are very worried about your dad and want the very best for him. This seems to be happening all very fast and you have a lot of questions. You're asking good questions. I'm tagging fellow members with small cell lung cancer experience like @bluelagoon @olgamarie @besswillis @vlpr @alcott @mustangdee64 @tymish17 @daisy9460, who may be able to share their knowledge and tips.
It sounds like your dad's bone issues are of primary concern at the moment and they are addressing the pain first. Hopefully this will make your dad more comfortable.
Can you clarify - has it been definitely determined that he has small cell lung cancer?
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Thank you @colleenyoung I appreciate any advice I can get.
No, it is not definite since the biopsy has not happened yet. It was originally scheduled to be this week, but after the hospital transfer, the orthopedic specialist said they want to stabilize his neck with surgery first before proceeding with anything else. There is no communication regarding timeline for any lung biopsy or treatment after he transferred to the 2nd hospital. I'm just worried about the time this is wasting.
They have done all the scans CT, PET, MRI. It is definitely some sort of metastasized cancer, and the doctors all said this is stage four lung cancer and from their experience or opinion it is SCLC extensive. Of course, I hope that the biopsy will turn out otherwise. They also said in the extremely rare chance, it could be tuberculosis and other things but with actual cancer in his neck, I don't have much hope for that anymore.