Hello All,
I just found this site while doing some extensive cancer research. My mother in law just let us know on Sunday that her doctors found a nodule in her lung and two in her brain. All are very small (1.5 cm is the biggest), and she had a needle biopsy done last week the results of which we are awaiting (we might even get them today). Since mets exist, I know we will be getting a stage IV diagnosis of some sort, but from what my wife's parents told us, the doctors are incredibly positive on her prognosis, telling her it is treatable with radiation only. Does this sound correct? It seems to me that chemo (at least) would be involved, as well as surgery. Of course, the biopsy results will dictate much, and she had not had PET scan or any other tests done to see if there are other mets as well. She smoked for two years (in her 20's), she is 63 now. She also had breast cancer last year (actually DCIS) but had a single mastectomy done as a precaution. As of now, the docs are saying this is completely unrelated to her breast cancer. I know so much of this is preliminary at this point, but I would certainly appreciate any thoughts anyone has so far.
Thanks so much,
Matt