I have not personally treated one of these in years and am vary glad to hear maybe there is something. I also don't think I've ever seen it as a sub cm incidental finding and it makes sense this population may do comparatively better. As long as I was feeling good, I'd fight like hell. But, when the gig is up, I honestly don't know what I would do. There are not enough drugs in the world to make this a comfortable passing and in my experience, watching someone die essentially by strangulation is far more traumatic for the family than most other ways of dying from cancer (which are still bad...this is just a different kind of animal).
PS: I don't flippantly joke about suicide. As many of you on here know from my prior posts, I have experienced not 1, but 2 resident suicides over the years (neither in rad onc) and it is emotionally devastating. I apologize if I offended anyone with my comment. I was only trying to emphasize just how horrible this disease can be.