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Old 12-21-2018, 11:16 AM
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ETA: Do we have any doctors who will know if she has to get on chemo? I've heard that can really take a physical toll. That could force her to retire.
It depends. They just did the surgery today. It'll be some time before the the final pathology report is done. I'm sure they took some lymph nodes too. For non-VIPs pathology usually takes a few days or so, although in rare cases it may take longer.

Subsequent treatment will depend on what kind of tumor it is, and its staging. Staging is complicated.

I saw one report that said the initial pathology report was a non-small-cell lung cancer. It wasn't clear if that was based on biopsies of the nodule before the surgery, or a rapid frozen section during the surgery, or a preliminary pathology report after the surgery.

For NSCLC, chemotherapy is often part of the treatment.

I wouldn't hazard any guesses at this point.

Most people are out of the hospital within a few days of a lobectomy.
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