r/lungcancer • u/SnooComics3038 • 4d ago

Can you help decipher these notes?

Hi there, my dad was recently diagnosed with lung cancer at least stage 3. We’ve done all the tests and at a basic level I’ve been told his tumor is 6.3cm in diameter on upper right lung, nsclc squamous cell. I accessed his notes after the radio onco told me they suggested chemoradiation, but what exactly does this mean?

Doctor notes: “Discussed his case in Thoracic multidisciplinary tumor board, aside from large RULprimary, also bulky R hilar and 2R avid nodes, and suspicious 4R and 7 nodes, suggestive of multistation bulky N2 disease. Consensus was to proceed with EBUS and chemoradiation”

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u/Wyde1340 Stage 4 Squamous NSCLC w/MET amplification 4d ago

Most notes are talking about spots that lit up on a CT or PET scan. The EBUS is an Endobronchial Ultrasounds. PDL1 TPS95% means he likely could do immunotherapy.

I will let you know that I was dx Stage 4 squamous non-small cell lung cancer in December 2018.

Make sure they do biomarker testing. I had biomarker testing and found that I had a mutation. I'm on targeted therapy and have been stable for over 6 years.

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u/WanderlustPartyof4 4d ago

what targeted therapy are you on?

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u/Wyde1340 Stage 4 Squamous NSCLC w/MET amplification 4d ago

I have MET amplification mutation and i am on Crizotinib (Xalkori).