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A biopsy is a surgical procedure . . . that's the diagnosis part.
Removal of the lung is one of the surgical options . . . that's the treatment part. It would probably be followed up with chemotherapy. Radiation therapy could be used to shrink the mass.
A frank conversation about the prognosis is in order. If he decides not to seek treatment, what is his goal? Is it that he doesn't understand overall options of treatment, a state of denial, or simply that he's made a decision about how he is going to live his life. That's the hard part. I don't think his decision not to have surgery has been well thought out yet.
A meeting with a therapist would be a good idea at this point, to help him figure out what he really thinks and what he really wants from what is probably a lot of different emotions he's dealing with right now. THEN he can make a real decision as to what he really wants.
But when he does make a decision, even if it is a hasty one or a "bad" one, or just not the one everyone else thinks he should make, try to respect it as best you can. It is his life after all.
I do hope all works out well in the end.
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