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Adenocarcinoma - newly diagnosed

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jul 17, 2023 | Replies (164)

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Franciekid! Great to hear everything is good for you! You and I must have had our surgeries about a week apart! I am curios like mayocid1, why are your Oncologist and Dr. having you go through Chemo if you had a small nodule and at stage 1? I asked my Surgeon about me needing chemo or anything and she said no because I was at a 1a and they don’t usually need to do chemo or that on stage 1a or 1b. Like I said, just wondering???

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My stage is 1b but I have lymphovascular and pleural invasion, which means some cancer cells could not be removed with surgery. So although prognosis is excellent, the oncologist thinks chemo is warranted. I have EGFR mutation related cancer and will also be taking Tagrisso targeted therapy - one pill a day - for 3 years. She is expecting a cure.