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  1. Hi Paula. How is your dad doing now? How did he do with Alimta? Removing the whole lung was never discussed, i guess because it spread to the pleura. Thanks, Kevin
  2. thanks so much everyone for responding. We actually went into Sloan to see a thoracic surgeon, and he read everything and surprised us. According to the Dr.s notes, the first time he went in, he biopsied the lymph nodes and 2 spots on the pleura, and they both came back positive. The Sloan surgeon said he doesn't understand it, that after the first time in, if the pleura comes back positive with cancer, you are 3B right there and would never go back in. He also said there was no benefit to my dad getting 5 weeks of radiation, and even the chemo to a degree because he didn't get a full dose because of getting the radiation. He said he wouldve went straight to chemo only!!! That this is protocal. The surgeon is well known in Mt Sinai, and never said anything about a positive test on the pleura the 1st operation. Is this negligent? Now we are totally confused. We have an appointment with a Sloan thoracic oncologist in 2 weeks, and he said waiting for the appointment with no treatment is ok. He hasn't had any treatment in 6 weeks. Any thoughts? Thanks so much!!!!! Kevin
  3. Hi, The thoracic Surgeon, out of Mt. Sinai, said statistically you are better off not removing anything if the lymph nodes have cancer. Thats why they did radiation and chemo. He hoped the second time around, the lymph nodes would be dead, but now it has spread. So the taxotere/cidplatin with avastin is the more aggressive approach? He feels pretty good.. just confused on what to do. We have an appointment with an oncologist tomorrow at sloan, and he is supposed to start chemo with either oncologist on friday. Hopefully sloan has an opinion on this? When in doubt, do you listen to Sloan because of theyre reputation? I really appreciate the help..
  4. Hi, I'm new to this site, just had a few questions, any help would be appreciated. My dad is 70 yrs old. Was a heavy smoker up till 15 yrs ago. The Dr.s found a small tumor in his lng back in november with no symptoms, thought they caught it early . So it was scheduled to be removed . When The Surgeon went in, he saw a few lymph nodes were cancerous. Closed him up and said to get 5 weeks of chemo (Taxol and Carboplatin) and radiation, come back in and they'll remove it then. So they go in the second time and now he has very small cancerous spots scattered on the outter lining of the same lung. Closed him up again, and said he was inoperable. They declare him 3B now. Now I have hil local oncologist saying to go with Taxotere/Cisplatin and Avastin. An oncologist in Mt Sinai is reccomending Alitma on its own. Who do you listen to at this point?
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