[ConservativeMind]

“Lobectomy and segmentectomy are associated with improved long-term survival compared to wedge resection for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).”

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[ConservativeMind]

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[Bob434]

i caught pneumonia one year awhile back, got over it but had several spots on the lung- Docs said it was cancer, explaiend that pneumonia can trigger it i guess- anyway, they were gonna do a lobectomy on me, and i was one week away from the date, and got nervous, and asked for a biopsy to make sure it was cancer first- They agreed to do so- took several biopsies, and not a sign of cancer-

They called off the surgery, but never could tell me what the spots were- the doc even said ‘it could be tuberculosis, but unlikely’- That made me feel better lol-

anyway- still have all me lungs- spots disappeared within several months- still no idea what they were-

[irishjuggler]

Knew a lady, ~60-year cigarette smoker, who had a lung-cancer lobectomy around 74... lived another 20 years to 94.

[tired&retired]

I had a left lung lobotomy last year due to a cancer mass bigger than a golf ball.

They no longer open the chest cavity from the front.

They now put an inch and a half incision in your back and have a special tool they insert with a camera to remove the lung and staple the bronchial tubes, pulminary artery and vein off with titanium staples.

It’s called VATS, or video assisted thoracic surgery. I was out of the hospital in two days with no medications or restrictions.