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How Can Lung Cancer Be Treated?
My good friend has stage 4 DBL lung cancer. Just found out begin of December. Spread to neck and armpits lymph nodes. Has ports in for draining fluids in chest and around heart. Just had immunotherapy treatment Thursday. I m very worried and trying to learn.
Fri, 9 Mar 2018
Hello,
Treatment part in case of lung cancer is depending upon the stage of cancer. If it is early in stage, then it may require surgical intervention and if it is in late stage, then along with that it may require chemotherapy.
So, stage is confirmed by CT chest and PET scan whole body. Oncologist will decide as per the reports and patient condition.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shyam B. Kale
Treatment part in case of lung cancer is depending upon the stage of cancer. If it is early in stage, then it may require surgical intervention and if it is in late stage, then along with that it may require chemotherapy.
So, stage is confirmed by CT chest and PET scan whole body. Oncologist will decide as per the reports and patient condition.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shyam B. Kale
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