hi i'm 57 years old ex smoker but very fit and active. I have had a Lobectomy. It is a big op and very painfull and still found it in nodes afterwards stage 4.Your Dr knows your Mothers condition best. Chemo &/or Rads are very hard on any ones body.Non small grows slowly,keep her up and moving doing things is the best thing your mother can do,
sorry if i have upset you but you Dr is right. all the best
Hi November Rain,
I'm not a doctor but I know that cancer doesn't go away on its own and it never stops growing. I don't believe that there's a "wait and see" option. Cancer spreads and invades, that's what it does.
PS, my mom was diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer about 4 years ago.
Looks as though new infomation shows that it is non-small and they have removed 2 nodes but are not going ahead with a lobectomy for the tumor in the lung and are waiting to see if it spreads...This seems as though they are waiting to do something when its too late??!!