bit confused .thanks

Thanks to everyone who replied to my message and for giving my dad some sound advice and a bit of hope . My dads doctors have decided not to remove the mets in his left lungs as they have discovered more in his right lung .they say they will review surgery after a six month chemo course .We have got him on a trial  but its a bit of a lottery whether he gets the trial drug or the placebo plan we won't know until he starts treatment he has a one in three chance of the new drug as there are three plans on the trial. Sometimes you wish the doctor would just say this is whats wrong with you and here is the best treatment for you . I don't know what it is like in the states but here it seems to be treatment by consensus and that is l...