Fay A. Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 For those of us who have had recurrences, did your Oncologists require it to be biopsy proven before they would initiate new treatment, discontinue existing treatment, or just begin treatment again? Or would they base the decision to treat on Scan results and the particular past "behavior" of your tumor(s)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnmynatt Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Fay, Scans showing progression were the basis for starting new treatment. Take care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betplace Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 My Onc has always used scans as the basis of treatment. Is your Onc requiring a new biopsy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Lamb Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Fay,the recurence I had was a suspicion on a scan and then was biopsied before I underwent radiation and chemo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy P Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Fay - With my Mom's recurrence she had CT, PET and then 2 biopsies. Two because on the first one the histologist didn't have her records and didn't know that she had lung cancer previously so they didn't check for the type so she had a second biopsy to confirm that it was the adeno again. Her oncologist was adament that they determine what type of cancer to make sure it wasn't a new primary since it had been 3 yrs since her surgery. Hope this helps!!! Much Love, amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remembering Dave Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Dave's recurrence was biopsied. But probably because no one thought it was cancer at all - thought it was some sort of infection in his sinuses. Now, with the pea brain potential mets, if they appear to have grown when he gets another brain MRI on Feb. 7, the neurgologist is just going to schedule surgery and take them out without a biopsy, because the biopsy is not much less involved than the surgery itself. Karen C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Lucie was biopsied twice initially -- once from the upper spine where the main tumor was, but they could only get enough to determine adeno carcinoma and not location; a second one from the right fibula, where they were able to get enough to determine NSCLC. After that, treatment has depended on pain symptoms plus scans -- no biopsy. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathyr Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Hey Fay, Aside from the first diagnosis of cancer which was biopsied, everything has always been scans. CathyR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharyn Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 All follow up treatments for Daddy were done through scans.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimblanchard Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 The pleural effusion was biopsied but otherwise decisions were made on the basis of scans. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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