My dad had the Whipple last June and his CT shows several new nodules and masses in lungs. He just had pneumonia and 1 liter of fluid drained from pleural effusion found in left lung. My question is about how to rid his lungs of the spots to reduce tumor activity( his CA 19-9 is now 3000 plus up from 380 last reading!) CyberKinfe doctors informed me that he isn't a candidate for CK but possibly for radiosurgery.
Is anyone familiar with stereotactic radiosurgery for lung mets? My dad so poorly tolerates the systemic delivery of chemoradiation he can't tolerate it again. Any comments would be so appreciated. Thanks in advance for any input.