Instead of my grandmother dying, what can be done? Can they take her lung out? Ooo, doesn't sound good. But are there replacements? Just like we have feeding tubes. She probably would hate that though. Just want her to be alive. How does a doctor decide that lung cancer cannot be operated on? If so, does this mean that all surgeons won't operate on it? She smoked for decades. Already had colon and breast cancer too. She need had or will want chemo.
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There are at least two treatments for inoperable lung cancer. These are new treatments and seem to be very effective. Go to the following websites: http://lungcancer.about.com/b/2008/06/23/new-hope-for-inoperable-lung-cancer.htm http://sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/02/000207074209.htm Neither of these treatments involve chemo or radiation. As far as what determines if lung cancer is operable or not - it usually has to do with the patient's general health and what stage the cancer is in. Yes, they can remove a lung and generally the patient can handle it fairly well assuming that their other lung is in good shape. My neighbor had a lung removed because of cancer in 1978 and she's still doing well and she's 84 years old now.
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