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How long after radiation can one tell if radiation has shrunk the lung tumors?
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NSCLC usually: Takes time...I wait 6 weeks, and usually it is a tumor, not "tumors". Symptom relief should occur sooner if treatment is directed against an obstruction, bleeding, cough or pain.
Answered 9/28/2016
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