My mother has lung cancer. The doctors can do one of two proceedures. Operate and remove the upper left lobe or cyberknife. It is not a large spot and the doctors seem to think that one proceedure is as good as the other. She does not want to go through the surgery and is leaning toward the cyberknife. My daughter is a Cytotechnologist and I was talking to her about it and she told me that often times women my mother's age (76) who have cancer in the area she has it, and who elect the radiation, will develope the cancer in other places later. I would feel better if she had the operation and know it is out but I am not the one who would go through it so my opinion does not matter. The doctors did say that if she went through the cyberknife and it did not work then she can still have the operation. I would worry that by that time the cancer could possibly have spread further. This is not her first cancer (colon, rectal, and bladder) so she knows what she is in for.
Any thoughts on this?
Sharon