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Yes, if radiation therapy successfully shrinks your tumor and opens up your airways, your collapsed lung (atelectasis) can potentially return to its normal state. When tumors block airways, removing or shrinking them is a key step in allowing air to reach all parts of the lung again. Recovery may be supported through
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Yes, if radiation therapy successfully shrinks your tumor and opens up your airways, your collapsed lung (atelectasis) can potentially return to its normal state. When tumors block airways, removing or shrinking them is a key step in allowing air to reach all parts of the lung again. Recovery may be supported through:
• Deep breathing exercises
• Use of an incentive spirometer (a handheld device to help with breathing exercises)
• Physical therapy focused on lung expansion
• Medications that help open airways

Your healthcare team will monitor your progress and may recommend a combination of these approaches alongside your cancer treatment to help restore lung function.

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