Hi David,
Thanks for responding.
After his first round of chemo (Docetaxel, Cisplatin and 5-FU), he noticed the nodes in his neck go down considerably. The doctor said that was a good indication that it was working and that it was also hitting the nodes in the lungs as well. He is being treated at the Mayo Clinic right now. They did biopsy the lung nodes and that is why they are doing chemotherapy vs. surgery. They plan to do another PET scan after the 3rd round of chemotherapy and discuss at that point.

I am wondering if its possible chemo can get all the malignant cells in the lung nodes. I am doubtful that it can. I'm just looking for any good news, could this go into partial remission for 6 years?

I see a lot of posts with people that have gone into remission with stage 4 after surgery/chemo etc. but I don't see any posts for those diagnosed with mets to (I believe its referred to as locoregional or distant metastasis) that have gone through chemo and gone into a successful partial remission.

Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks so much,
Chris