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Please describe the next step after a lung cancer diagnosis?
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Work up: Primary and local- remove. Staging, testing, risk evaluation and then surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, depending on many features.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Stage Cancer: After diagnosis of lung cancer is made the next step is to accurately stage the cancer so that appropriate therapy can be discussed. 25% of lung cancers are Stage I or II at diagnosis and are treated with surgery. 75% of lung cancers are Stage III or IV. Selected Stage III cancers may be treated for cure with multi-modality treatment. Palliative treatment is used for most Stage III & all Stage IV
Answered 7/28/2014
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