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Lung Cancer

When to have another PET after treatment
My husband has nonsmall cell squamous cell lung cancer -- a pancoast tumor. He has completed 5 weeks of radiation concurrent with 2 chemo cycles of Cisplatin and Etopside. His oncologist wants him to see a thoracic surgeon and also have a new PET scan. The oncologist said to have the scan in a week or 2, but everything I…
New Here and Was Just Wondering.......
Hello Everyone, I have been diagnosed twice with stage 1a adenocarcinoma with an ALK mutation. I have had two lung surgeries, June 2006 & March 2014, and now my scans are showing 3 small nodules. Has anyone else gone through this and what was the outcome?
stage 4 / copd and plueral effusion
My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 NSCLC Andeo. He also has a plueral effusion and COPD. His worse symptom is he cannot walk 10 feet with out being out of breath, so spends all his time in recliner. He has had 3 rounds of chemo and after CAT SCAN there has been no change. . We drain his plueral effusion every 3 days and…
Mom is Stage 4 and out of options...Caregiver advice?
After fighting off months of pnemonia and it coming back, my Mom was diagnosed in April 2014 with Stage 4 NSCLC with a softball sized tumor in her right lung and a golfball sized tumor in her left and mets in the shoulder and spine. Surgery and radiation were not options. The oncologist recommended chemo. The first cycle…
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Uterine Sarcoma may have spread to my lungs. Scared about biopsies surgery on my lung :(
I had a Pet Scan. It was all clear except for a small spot on my upper left lung and another even smaller spot on my right lung. My oncolgest sent me to a thoracic surgeon to get a needle biopsies but the surgion said my ribs are very tight and the only way to get to the spot on my left lung is by doing a thoracoscopy with…
LOOKING FOR A FORUM OR DISCUSSION ABOUT LUNG CANCER
Hello. I just signed into this site and hope I am posting this correctly. I was diagnosed in April with stage 4 non small cell lung cancer which had spread to both adrenal glands - no symptoms , Dr found anomolies in bloodwork during routine exam - which led to further checks and diagnosis. No surgery posible, no radiation…
surgery.....
Hi, I am new to this forum although have been posting regularly on the anal cancer site for almost 4 years. 4 years ago I was diagnosed with stage 3b anal cancer and received treatment of surgery (ostomy) chemo and radiation. At my 1 year PET scan I was diagnosed with a rare breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. All…
Mom has Stage 4 NSCLC with mets to the brain
Hi everyone, I am new here. My mom, aged 72, was diagnosed in August with Stage IV NSCLC with mets to the brain. She had both knees replaced in June and we are all so suprised that nothing came back on any of her tests about the cancer. Mom just finished her radiation to the brain (Mon - Fri for 2 weeks). She has had two…
Survivors of stage IV lung cancer with several mets...
Today I am overwhelmed. Visits with my fiancee's doctors always seem to zap me for a while. My fiancee has what we think is primary lung cancer with mets to liver, pancreas, colon, and brain. To say the least we are overwhelmed. WE are both trying to be optimistic each day. Some days we are more quiet than others, because…
Looking for some answers
Hello I am a 61 yr female. In 11/2011 i was dx with follicular lymphoma, went thru chemo ,hit remission in 2/13.Still in remission. Dec 3/2014 was dx with NSCLC stage 4, with adenocarcinoma,and malignant pleural effusion. My dr. said i was A-symptomatic patient.Found out yesterday that the 2 fluid analyis were negative.…
Stopping chemotherapy
I have had 6 rounds total of chemo drug gemcitabine and carboplatin along with nausea med IV drip of emend, aloxie, fortran, and decadron. I have been told that my major mass (I am stage IV lung cancer) has shrunk but I have been very sick and have stopped my chemotherapy treatments. I asked to have my drugs decreased but…
Stage 4 lung cancer, Pnemonia
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New here, learned on New Year's Eve that I have lung cancer
Hello, My name is Jean-Luc and my wife and I learned on New Year's Eve that I have lung cancer. More of my story so far in the Expressions Gallery, there: http://csn.cancer.org/node/291269 Thank you for your attention and support! Jean-Luc :)
How to help wife cope with loss of mother from Lung Cancer
Good day all, My wife lost her mother the day after X-mas to cancer. Since then she has started to become so numb and distant. I have been trying what I can to help her cope with it, she still thinks her mom is alive. I am trying to help her get to the acceptance that her mother has passed on to heaven and she needs to…
Adenocarcinoma lung cancer
My mother in law is 54 years old and was diagnosied in Jan 2007 with lung cancer. she was told back in 2004-2005 that she had a spot on her lung but she never went back to have it checked so in 2007 she went to the doc with a bad cough and they discovered that she had stage 3b Adenocarcinoma lung cancer. the tumor on her…
muchoepidermoid of the lung
I am new at this and not sure if I am duplicating this or not. If so, I apologize. My husband was diagnosed with muchoepidermoid of the lung back in 2011. We are told that having this type of cancer in a non-mucous area is extremely rare. Two years later he had surgery to remove something off of his thumb and it too was…
Recently diagnosed with lung cancer and my surgery is in 3 days.
In February 2014 I was suffering with stomach pain and went to urgent care. The thought was I might be having pancreatitis. A CAT scan was ordered and showed no evidence of pancreatitis. Evidently something had caused severe stomach cramping. I was treated and immediately began to feel better. As the story goes, when the…
Adenocarcinoma Lung Cancer
I have recently a few months ago been diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma on my left and right lung. So far it hasn't progressed to other organs but the doctor says that chemotherapy isn't an option now. Right now I'm on hospice, but I would like to know more about Adenocarcinoma of the lung. Are there any promising treatments…
Lung cancer
Can someone help me? I was told today I have lung cancer. I had a ct scan two weeks ago and I needle biopsy one week ago. I have a 3.7 cm mass in my right lower lobe and a 2.5 cm lymph node close by. My local pathologist could not identify what type of cancer it is so the specimen was sent to a large city university and…
Desperately seeking Help
Hi everyone, my name is Sam. My lady was recently told that she had Stage 4 lung cancer on 1/9/15. On 1/6/15, she had a PET scan done, and before the holidays, doctors noticed 2 small masses near her lungs and stomach area. When she was told she had cancer, not knowing which kind, well naturally she broke down and cried as…
just want to say "Hi" I'm new here.
I was diagnosed in May 2014 with a non small cell, adeno-squamous pancoast tumor (stage III) as it was invading my first rib and some of the veins and nerves on my right side, not surgically removable, although they did try after Chemo and radiation shrunk it down a bit. The surgery didn’t work though. It did give me a…
Ativan vs. Xanax
I have a question on what is the difference between Ativan and Xanax? I never heard of Ativan before until it was prescribed for my mom when she first heard the news, and then I heard about it on this forum. She already had a perscrition for xanax and they still prescribed Ativan. Does anyone know why? Is it used more in…
Has anyone else seen the segment on 60 minutes that aired on 12/07/14 called "Disrupting Cancer"?
I saw this episode and have been trying to gather information on how to go about getting this treatment. My mother called and they gave her a couple of sites to visit. http://nanthealth.com/ and http://www.providence.org/myomics. I'm really just trying to figure out if this is legit or bs. Before I go to my oncologist and…
A little over a year since diagnoised
Hello my name is Shelley and I am new to this forum. Just by reading some of the past posts some of you may be able to answer some questions that I have. Early October 2013 I was told that I had NSCLC. My stage was 3B. My team of Dr. had planned my treatment as first I would do 4 to 5 rounds of chemo to shrink the…
My Husband and I both have small cell lung cancer
My husband was diagnosed last February 2014 with sclc and I have now been diagnosed with it too as of last week and after a biopsy. Both of us were symptomless from the cancer. In both cases it was found after a routine chest xray for another reason. He has ccompleted his treatment but has actually seemed like he is…
New here: Mom has NSCLC stage II, with metachronous single brain met, has had WBRT
Mom was Dx 5/31/13. Had 2 rounds of chemo and one round of radiation. Cancer found on x-ray when checking for lupus (still don't know if she has lupus but doubtful). Never had lung cancer symptoms. Did great on treatments. In August of this year she became dizzy and had trouble walking...after a month of seeing different…
Discussion Board and Chat Spam
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Nodule vs. pneumonia scar tissue?
Just rcvd CT scan results 3mm nodule. I know this is tiny, too small to biopsy. Was told to wait 6 months and CT scan again. MY QUESTIOS: 1) can horrible case of pneumonia leave any lung scar tissue that might look like a nodule? I had pneumonia 2007 that progressed from no symptoms to ER in < 48hrs., successfully treatted…
Desperate, Only months
One year six months ago I was admitted for pneumonia and found I had stage II NSCLC. I go through radiation and chemo and was told due to my health and age I was a great candite for a Pneumonectomy giving me a great live span. I went through surgery and told sucessful. Within the first few months I was getting more pain…

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