dr. rita axelrod is here to tell us more but first john boy land currently being treated. first dr. and vine and you hustled over here to be here for the segment >> i'm delighted to be here. >> you're so sweet. john >> good morning. >> good morning to you. 2013 you get into a car accident brake your sternum >> and several rib >> what happens >> took me to the hospital x-ray, nothing showed up. i kept having this burning sensation in my chest. and i kept complaining about it, so they send me back for more x-rays then several weeks later, they did a scan a pet scan and a cat scan. and they discovered that i had a fractured sternum, broken ribs, and a mass in my left lung in the lower lobe. by the time that was, the accident was august the diagnosis was in october and the surgery was in november. and luckily, i had dr. axelrod, and the team at jefferson as cds car accident could have saved your life. >> yes. . axelrod, how luckys john? i know some people aren't as luckycover it that way. >> it's never lucky to have lung cancer, but lucky that it was discovered when operable and we know