jan4444

Bob, I go to the cancer center at St. Barnabas. I had breast cancer in 1998 and my oncologist is Stuart Leitner. My surgeon for my lung is Mark Foreman. My problem though is that although they know it is an adenosarcoma, they don't know yet if it is breast mets or a primary lung cancer. Regardless they are removing the right upper lobe. The lesion is 1.3cm. Hopefully no lymph nodes will be involved then I will be a stage IA I dealt with breast cancer but this lung cancer is very unsettling. I am a nurse and I do case management and I just spoke to someone today who had colon cancer in 1997. He just had a cancerous legion removed from his lobe and it is colon mets. Very tiny and he is taking chemo now. But he tried to convince me to not let them take the whole lobe yet. I am better off if it is a primary lung cancer becase breast mets to the lung puts me in a stage IV breast cancer. Now I'm tossing this adjuvant chemo for stage IA. I have to speak to my oncologist but my surgeon says he doesn't want me to have chemo if it is stage IA. Decisions????????

I am going to have surgery 1/12/04 for what appears to be a stage IA lung cancer. I am having the right upper lobe and some lymph nodes removed. When I spoke to my doctor, he said that I won't need chemo unless there are lymph nodes involved. I had adjuvant chemo for my breast cancer in 1998 but didn't know that they were giving it for lung cancer. Where are you being treated? I am being treated in NJ at a cancer center that I have always been happy with. I am an RN and research all this to death so I was wondering about why your doctor gave you chemo so I can research it and present it to my doctor. With breast cancer chemo my hair eventually came back and believe me you forget all about the effects of chemo and go on with your life.