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Tolerating lung biopsy and treatment: Any words of encouragement?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Apr 7, 2023 | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
My goodness, I am overwhelmed by your help and support, Merry. I made the decision not to go to Spain - Barcelona for a month. It was difficult. I think I wanted to run away and br distracted by our friends and the activities we had planned. But my doctor and my own awareness of the situation on day 2, convinced me to stay here and get on with it. I am impatient to have the biopsy and learn exactly what I have and how it might be treated. I am concerned that the cancer may have already spread to my brain which is not only terrifying but feels like that death sentence I mentioned. I can’t tell you how much your counsel means to me.
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I'm glad that I am here for you. I'm glad that you changed your mind. The quicker that cancer is removed the better for you.
Since your decision to take care of this now is so recent is. Is there a date yet set for the biopsy? Also, you might want to ask about DNA testing for your cancer.
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Typically one would have a brain MRI and/or a PET-CT scan that included the head to see if the cancer has spread to the brain.
Obviously a lung biopsy will not detect cancer in the brain or anywhere outside of the very specific spots in the lung where the biopsy is taken. The lung biopsy is done to verify that a spot or spots are cancer and to determine the specific type of cancer. The specific type of cancer helps determine the treatment plan and the drugs involved in any chemotherapy and immunotherapy.