My brother was diagnosed with Sclc Oct. 27th. He received one month of extreme radiation and 4 months of chemo. The radiation has done wonders. Before the radiation he had 6 small tumors on his brain and a mass that took up 90% of his lung. With the radiation the brain tumors are gone and with the mix of the chemo and radiation to the lung - the tumor is now the size of a walnut.
I truly believe in radiation, however, my brother is terminal and we were not concerned with side effects, my brother just wanted to prolong his life as long as he could. I am not sure what the side effects are for the lung or why they couldn't do it? We were just told of side effects it could later have on my brohters brain.