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Mom diagnosed Stage 4 NSCLC with mets to brain, adrenal glands, liver and renal
My mom was diagnosed on May 4th with stage 4 non small cell lung cancer, poorly differentiated, adenocarcinoma. She has at least 15 mets in her brain in all the lobes, mets in her liver, adrenal glands and renal. The primary tumor in her lung is 9.6 cm at its largest and it is invading the chest wall. she also has a…
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Hospitalization after Chemo - Stage IV lung cancer with bone metastasis
I was wondering if anyone else has had the same experiences I am having with my father. 71 year old male, former smoker (for 50 years). Diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer with bone metastasis (hip) in January 2017. Started chemo in March with the typical chemo side effects, nausea, vomitting, diarrhea, no appetite,…
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Upper Left Lobectomy
I actually had two surgeries, the first on April 7th which was supposed to just a wedge section from my left lung. Unfortunately because the tumor was so small 1.3 cm the surgeon missed the tumor. They tried a biopsy but couldn't get enough tissue to really determine the type of cancer. On April 15th I had my second…
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Stage IV Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment Botched
On Mar 25 chest and abdomen CTs, checking something else, found a lesion in the left lung, in the mediastinal lymph node, and numerous small ones in the liver and some bones. The Dr was all, don't get stressed, it could be just a virus, and I told him nope, looks like stage IV lung cancer to me, and given that I had a…
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Waiting on followup and scared to death
0n 4/2/17 I was at the ER for a kidney infection and a chest xray was ordered. I have been a smoker on and off for 19 years always having a clean chest xrays. The ER Doctor told me the radiologist had seen what may be a blood vessell issue but sent me home with nodule paperwork. My family is prone to cysts , lesion and…
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Praying for my Dad....Stage 4 Lung Cancer
Hello Everyone, This is the first time i have ever joined a Cancer forum before, so needless to say i am very emotional and praying for a good outcome for my Dad . My Dad is 77 years old, and was diagonsed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer about 6 months ago, which is now in his adrenal glands and nodules. His tumor is about 2.5…
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Nodule found...
Hello. My husband had a CT scan done yesterday. One of the results was a small 5.1mm nodule (left lower lobe pulmonary nodule measure 5.1mm. There is no free intraperitoneal air is what is listed on his discharge paper). They want us to wait six months to do another CT scan. I personally am thinking that we should test it…
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Please give me something positive to look at
my dear mother has lung cancer that for the last two years seemed to be relatively contained but since her last radiotherapy treatment she now has growth in the primary tumour in her right lung, growth in the nodes of her left lung, they have now found spots in her liver, several across her lungs, its in the lymph nodes in…
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systemic Chemo
anyone have any success on systemic chemo ??? or any opinions on it or opdivo immunotherapy ?
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Brain Radiation as a preventative measure
Hi, I was just told yesterday that I am in remission from my small cell lung cancer. My Doctor wants me to have 10 radiation treatments to my brain as a preventative measure and I was just wondering if anyone has had this, how their experience was, I'm kind of torn if I want to get it or not. Any feedback would be…
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Chemo help, Stage 4 Lung Cancer
Please help! is it the chemo spreading the cancer and killing my mother ? My mom was diagosed with Stage 2 adenocarcinoma in September 2016 and has progressed to stage 4 in only 6 months. she put off her surgery till Dec 2, 2016 of a 3.5 cm left lung mass that was found in September, they stopped the surgery since it had…