Throat cancer spread to lung

My partner has finished radiotherapy and chemo for throat cancer and following PETscan results last Thursday has been told he has a 12mm cancer growth in his lung .  This was not visible on first PETscan before he started treatment.   We feel we are in limbo as he waits for an appointment with the team dealing with lung cancer having previously been under head neck and throat team.   Our thoughts are is this curable?  Head neck and throat oncologist could not give us a definitive answer as  to what happens now. My partner has lost a lot of weight and his anxiety is through the roof. 

Any guidance appreciated. 

many thanks 

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  • I want to offer some hope on this. In August, following chemo and radiotherapy for colorectal tumor, I was told I had an 11cm growth on my lung. I began chemo again in September and come December my lung tumor has now virtually gone. So It can be cured.

    I wish I could offer guidance on your wait for appointments but unfortunately where I am probably works differently to where you are based. 

    I will keep my fingers crossed you get some where sooner rather than later. 

  • Thank you so much for your response, that is great news and it offers my partner hope as he is feeling so anxious at the moment … good luck with the rest of your treatment and thank you again for taking the time to reply x

  • Hi Mary, my father is going through the same at present. He had been going for check up every 3 mths for the last year and unfortunately there is a slight increase in cancer growth. We were advise to start chemo in 6mths time. Growth is slow but will need chemo. We don't know what the out come will be. Please keep us updated.

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  • Hi Mary, my father is going through the same at present. He had been going for check up every 3 mths for the last year and unfortunately there is a slight increase in cancer growth. We were advise to start chemo in 6mths time. Growth is slow but will need chemo. We don't know what the out come will be. Please keep us updated.

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