Re: My Relative Has Lung Cancer!! I Need Info Quickly!!

On Feb 26, 7:10�am, Jeff <kidsdoc2...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I am being purposely vague because I have not seen the patient, read his
complete medical history, seen the X-rays and other test results or
spoken to the patient.

Only someone who has done these things can speak more definitively.
Considering what you have said, the patient has many conditions that
will make recovery more difficult. Chemotherapy may or not may not be
useful depending on what type of cancer it is (it could be recurrent
kidney cancer that spread to the lungs). Surgery to remove the lining
around the lung would be very dangerous. You've already said this.>


Here is an update on this situation:

Some doctors found a way to remove the sac containing my relative's
lungs without causing significant damage, and the sac was removed.
However, the cancer obviously still remains.

A cancer specialist stated that my relative has stage 4
adenocarcinoma.

The cancer specialist stated that chemotherapy would be very dangerous
for my relative and would only slow the cancer down. So, chemotherapy
is a poor solution.

Radiation therapy would require the irradiation of the entire lung and
might destroy good and bad tissue. However, a recent article in the
Chicago Tribune described something called proton therapy.

Here is the article:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northwest/chi-proton-therapyfeb27,0,1792923.story

Here is a website explaining proton therapy:

http://www.proton-therapy.org/questions.htm

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Proton therapy supposedly precisely targets tumors and avoids the good
tissue.

So, will proton therapy help my relative?

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Two other possibilities are the following:

1) A lung transplant.

2) Simply removing the lung and allowing my relative to live with only
one lung.

Are either of these two options feasible?


Once again, thanks for any information.

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