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What Does Residue In The Lungs Indicate?

My friends cancer came back in three places, his lungs, kidneys and liver, and was taking medicatlion for it, because he was to ld that s all they could do and gave him about two years, but now he s saying the cancer is gone but he has to take chemotheraphy because he has some residue in his lungs, I have never heard of this, he s having a port catherer put in tomorrow to start the chemotheraphy, I want to know is there such a thing as lung residue, and it s been a year and a half since his diagnosis.
posted on Mon, 8 Jan 2018
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Hello,

Any liver or kidney malignancy may spread to the lung it is called metastasis. Probably that metastasis cancer cells may be present in the lungs. Usually, in advanced cancer, it is difficult to control they just treated with chemoradiotherapy.

After chemoradiation therapy volume of cancers cells may decrease the size and but residue may present like that. Still, have a query please consult your treating doctor he will guide you accordingly.


Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

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Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu
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What Does Residue In The Lungs Indicate?

Hello, Any liver or kidney malignancy may spread to the lung it is called metastasis. Probably that metastasis cancer cells may be present in the lungs. Usually, in advanced cancer, it is difficult to control they just treated with chemoradiotherapy. After chemoradiation therapy volume of cancers cells may decrease the size and but residue may present like that. Still, have a query please consult your treating doctor he will guide you accordingly. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu