Martha,
What treatment did he have in the beginning?
Stage 4 indicates it got into his system (probably the lymphatic system) or they missed something in the initial diagnostic tests.
How many tumors do you have and where? Is it in your lymph nodes?
What treatment have you had and what are they now recommending?
Stage 4 is not a death sentence. I'm 3 years into a stage 4 scc throat cancer diagnosis and 2 years into the stage 4 scc lung cancer treatment. A screening CT scan first showed 8 lung nodules, scattered through both lungs back in 2019. It took until 2022 for them to grow large enough for a biopsy, so the diagnosis didn't come until then. I'm still doing well.
Stay positive!
Tony

@A MyLungCancerTeam Member,

This is the standard approach to treating Stage 4 SCC NSCLC:

Treatment of stage IV squamous NSCLC is as follows:
* Cisplatin-based chemotherapy
* If programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression is 1-49%, chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab
* If PD-L1 expression is > 50%, pembrolizumab alone
Medscape, Feb 29, 2024
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/279960-t...

Here's a great PDF from the NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network). The Table of Contents has hyperlinks to the chapters. The last chapter has lists of questions to ask the doctors for each phase of the battle, from diagnosis to survivorship.
Guidelines PDF for Non-Small Cell LC, Metastatic.
https://www.nccn.org/patients/guidelines/conten...

Stay positive!
Tony

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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Treatment & Management: Approach Considerations, Surgical Treatment, Radiation Therapy

https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/279960-treatment

In the bogging I had SBRT, X-ray therapy. The doctor is saying that it has metastasized from the original tumor!

That's fast! Hope they get a good plan for you!