could a brother donate a portion of his lung and liver to save his sister

keys2z

My sister was recently diagnosed with small cell lung cancer that spread to the liver with numerous spots on the liver. Has anyone ever heard to a doctor that would perform a partial lung and liver transplant if we were a match?

Ex_Rock_n_Roller

I applaud you for a very generous thought, ...

... but I suspect her having SCLC would rule her out as a recipient, even if the operations were theoretically possible. And any transplant is going to involve immunosuppressive drugs, which would no doubt let the cancer run wild, even if she were theoretically a candidate (which again, I doubt).

(The above is a semi-educated guess.)

dennycee

Agree with the assessment.

She is really lucky to have you as family.  I have to agree with Ex-r, the immunosuppressive drugs would rule out the surgery to begin with.  When a patient has mets, most surgical interventions are ruled out because it is assumed that there are other cancerous cells circulating.  

keys2z

Ex_Rock_n_Roller said:

I applaud you for a very generous thought, ...

... but I suspect her having SCLC would rule her out as a recipient, even if the operations were theoretically possible. And any transplant is going to involve immunosuppressive drugs, which would no doubt let the cancer run wild, even if she were theoretically a candidate (which again, I doubt).

(The above is a semi-educated guess.)

Thank you for the

Thank you for the information.