Stage IIIB squamous unresectable
Hey everyone,
My mother was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in her left upper lobe in January 2026. All her lymph nodes are clean, so its just the tumor, with a size of 8cmx5cm. At first she had neo adjuvant therapy consisting of 3x chemo + 3x immunotherapy to increase the chance of surgical resection.
13th of May last week she went for surgery and when they went inside they couldnt remove it because it has grown into her pericard and her pulmonary artery. Obviously this has been a huge disappointment and blow to us as it has been a rough ride already and now she has to recover from a surgery that didnt do anything for her.
The next plan is that she is getting 30x IMRT with chemo, still with curative intent. Does anyone here have experience with a similar journey?, and maybe can give us some hope that it can still have a postive outcome? We are obviously very stressed out about it, because we know squamous cell doesnt have to much options left with target targeted therapy not being an option.
Thanks for reading!!