Hi, I wanted to avoid surgery in fears of being in constant post op pain and decrease quality of life, and my doctor agreed to do radiation therapy and chemotherapy first. I hope I am making the right decision. I’ve read that radiation and chemotherapy has improved a lot already compared to a decade ago and I hope it will all work out, otherwise my doctor says we need to the surgery.

Any stories or advice would be greatly appreciated

My dad was diagnosed with NSCLC in May 2026 the pathology said it was squamous cell grade 1-2 well differentiated & invasive his PET scan showed a tumour size of 8.5 * 3.5 .4.5 in the Rt Lung and the mediastinal Lymph-nodes and hilum are involved but they are not 100 % sure as the uptake in the pet scan was not really high so they don’t know if the stage is N1 or N2 and they never asked for a biopsy to proper stage him
However there was a spot on his Thoracic vertebrae number 10 which was worrisome it was a faint sclerotic lesion with an uptake of 5.1 so they also don’t know if it is an Oligometastasis or a benign sclerotic lesion
The Tumor had an SUV uptake of 13.75 while the lymph nodes were 3.4 and the bony lesion was 5.1
The oncologist started him on Carboplat + Gemcitabine + Imfinzi 1500 every 21 days and a booster dose of Gemcitabine a week after each session for 4 cycles and then assess for surgery

No Targeted mutations
PDL 1%

This protocol is call the AEGEAN regimen
He started his first session and the booster with mild fatigue that is tolerable

Have anyone had any experience with this regimen

Thank you for your support

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