I'm looking for a bit of advise if possible? My 63 year old mom was diagnosed with kidney cancer 2.5 years ago she had her kidney removed and was cancer free. She has been having routine scans every 6 months. These scans have been clear until December where the doctors found a shadow on the outside of her lung she was told to have another scan in February and come back in March to see if it had grown. Today my mom got her results and was told it had grown slightly and they would be treating her with tablets. My worry is that my mom trying to protect my feelings as I'm currently 9 months pregnant is not telling me the whole truth. I have never heard of these drugs and she can't explain to me why she isn't having an operation to remove the tumour which is apparently just outside the lung and the size of a pea. Surely if it's not bad like she is making out they could remove the tumour or try chemo? I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of these drugs and was there a reason you were given them rather than other treatments? My worry is that it's untreatable or worse than she says I'd much rather know :-(
