Your doctor/surgeon is the best one to answer these questions. We can give you some general information. *When carcinoma cells grow into the deeper layers of the lung, it is called invasive or infiltrating carcinoma. At this point, the cancer cells can spread (metastasize) outside of the lung to lymph nodes and other parts of your body. Invasive carcinomas are considered true lung cancers and not pre-cancers. The below link is a good resource for understanding lung cancer pathology. Copy/paste.
As a class, NSCLCs are relatively insensitive to chemotherapy and radiation therapy compared with SCLC. Patients with resectable disease may be cured by surgery or surgery followed by chemotherapy. Local control can be achieved with radiation therapy in a large number of patients with unresectable disease, but a cure is seen only in a small number of patients. Patients with a locally advanced unresectable disease may achieve long-term survival with radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy.
I hope this information, while general, will help. As I say, your doctor is the best one to talk to about the specifics of your condition. I wish you well starting your treatment. Keep us updated.
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Your doctor/surgeon is the best one to answer these questions. We can give you some general information. *When carcinoma cells grow into the deeper layers of the lung, it is called invasive or infiltrating carcinoma. At this point, the cancer cells can spread (metastasize) outside of the lung to lymph nodes and other parts of your body. Invasive carcinomas are considered true lung cancers and not pre-cancers. The below link is a good resource for understanding lung cancer pathology. Copy/paste.
https://www.cancer.org/treatment/understanding-your-diagnosis/tests/understanding-your-pathology-report/lung-pathology/lung-cancer-pathology.html
As a class, NSCLCs are relatively insensitive to chemotherapy and radiation therapy compared with SCLC. Patients with resectable disease may be cured by surgery or surgery followed by chemotherapy. Local control can be achieved with radiation therapy in a large number of patients with unresectable disease, but a cure is seen only in a small number of patients. Patients with a locally advanced unresectable disease may achieve long-term survival with radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy.
I hope this information, while general, will help. As I say, your doctor is the best one to talk to about the specifics of your condition. I wish you well starting your treatment. Keep us updated.
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