Hi,
My sister, a thirty three year old, has been diagnosed with
adenocarcimoma. They have also established brochioalveolar carcinoma
and a suspected malignant nodule in her thyroid gland. In spite of
this the primary cancer has not yet been identified.

At present she is hospitalised where several tests have been
undertaken, albeit, to my layman's judgment at an absurdly leisurely
pace. She has been interned now for 29 days and although they have
eliminated breast cancer and identified the malignancies mentioned
above, no therapy has yet been delivered nor determined. At the
moment, in fact tomorrow, she will undergo a biopsy of the thyroid
gland to ascertain if this could have been the primary site.

My wholehearted request is if you could answer these uncertainties:
Is this the standard procedure?
Isn't time of essence?
Should she receive some sort of prophylactic therapy whiles further
investigations are carried out?
What are the chances of a condition like hers being treatable?
I appreciate that it may be difficult to answer some of the questions
above. Regrettably, the doctors involved are not being very empathetic
and are exercising a very reserved release of information. Obviously,
I do not expect to be privy of technicalities nor of preliminary
evaluations, nevertheless as a very concerned family member I seek
essential information, thus my request to this forum.
I await your reply with much interest.
Yours truly,

Manuel