Stage 3B lung cancer means that your cancer has spread to the lymph nodes on the opposite side of your chest or has invaded another area such as the vena cavaa large vein that carries blood to the heart from your upper body. If lymph nodes are involved, there is no role for surgery, says Dr. Joseph Friedberg, chief of thoracic surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. If there is no lymph node involvement, surgery may still be an option.
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