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Lung Cancer

76 year old Mother diagnosed with small cell lung cancer
I need some advice. My mother starts the first of 4 rounds of chemo. She lives in Texas and I live in New York. I am struggling on when I should go see her. She was diagnosed earlier this year and we thought it was gone but now it has come back. The first Treatment was cyber knife In February. This time it is chemo and…
Is my dad dying????
Dad had a heart attract sept. 19, that's when they found the mass on his left upper lung and removed it 4 weeks later, after they removed it they said it was soft ball size with 1 of 7 lymph nodes involved, what are we really looking at??? My dad and I are extremely close, but for whatever reason he won give me( a nurse )…
Big Secret
It's Lung Cancer awareness month..... No race for the cure, No wear Pearl it's a shame
Any stage 4 lung cancer kras mutation treatments out there or trials?
Family member went through chemos and radiation and none of it worked... Cisplatin/etoposide carboplatin/forgot the name Oncs sent us home with hospice...said there isnt much they can do.... not sure why they won't try another different chemo or a trial. Tumors kept growing and spreading. Looking for new treatment or a…
Alternative Treatments
What alternative cures WORKED or EVEN SEEMED to work for you?? In other words, if you scratched your nose and coincidentally get a little better, PLEASE post it.
What to expect
Hi all, I'm new here on this subject so I hope you can forgive my seeming dumb. Let me start from the beginning. In late September I visited my doctor about sleep problems. Doctor had me get a CT scan since my last one was in 2012 where a small nodule was found lower right lobe. Biopsy came back as benign then. This CT…
Stage 4 Adeno NSCLC question, EGFT/ALK negative
Have any patients had difficulty getting their oncologist to respond to them with treatment options in a somewhat timely way? We are at a major cancer center and have been waiting 2 weeks now after being given the results of the most recent scan, which showed progression after 7 months of first line chemo. THe progression…
Need answers....advice...feeling so lost
My mom was diagnosed with stave iv lung cancer with mets to liver and lymphnodes. She did 4 rounds of chemo and that has been it. They tell us that 4 rounds is enough since the tumours have shrunk to half their size. No further chemo will help. They say that radiation will not help her and they won't operate because it has…
support
My mother in law has been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. She now has tumors on her brain and is receiving radiation. She completed rounds of Chemo this summer. Her hair has just begun to grow back and she will lose again with the radiation. She is very upset about losing what little she has. Our family has suggested…
trying to find information on neuroendocrine
My friend has this cancer and depends on me to get info if anyone has this or knows someone please reply thankyou
Lobectomy Recovery Stage 1A-Adenocarcinoma
My husband underwent a right upper lobectomy on 2/4/13. He was diagnosed Stage 1A Adenocarcinoma. His oncologist advised that he doesn't need chemo or radiation but will need CT scans every six months and will see the oncologist every 3 months. My question is how long before the pain subsides? He went to his surgeon last…
Is there still hope for my brother?
Hi, my brother is in the hospital for almost a month now. first he can't breath so we decided to bring him to a hospital in my town but they suggested that as there is no much facilities we need to bring my brother to a much equipped hospital and so that's what we did. The pulmonologist says it's pneumonia and and so they…
Can I choose Biopsy choices ?
Hi everyone , Been looking for answers was hoping some one could shed some light on my question ? Sorry for my spelling misstakes before I begin-) I'm a breast Cancer survivor right side mastectomy . July 2012. Just found out last month by way of Ct scan that I have a 1.4 cm node. showing in right lung apex suspious for…
small cell sarcoma
what is it and how bad is it, that is what my daughter was dx with I AM SO DAMN SCARED, she see's an oncologist on Nov5, they also removed a malignant lymph node, God, please help me, somebody pls
Nodes
my partner was found to have nodules, imflammation, and fibrosis in his lungs. He's a smoker and won't stop. He refused a biopsy and keeps missing his appointments. He's in completes denial that it could be serious. I can't make him although I try to persuade him and tell him the sooner he has treatment the better. It's…
One month supply of Sutent donation.
I have a month's supply of Sutent that I would like to donate.
Any help dealing with a chronic cough?
I was diagnosed last year with stage 3b NSCLC squamous cell. I have been coughing for almost 2 years now and was curious if anyone has come across anything that helps to alleviate it. I currently take oxycodone to supress it but that doesn't work completely. Cough drops do nothing for me as well. I refer to this as cancer…
Private Message Spam
Hello everyone, Thank you to those who've alerted us to the PM spamming from earlier today. While we have security measures in place, we can't prevent all spam. We are currently working on measures to try and block this kind of private message spamming. If you received a message from rita44556 prompting you for money,…
Lung scars vs nodules
a little over a month ago I was diagnosed with clear cell carcinoma of the right kidney and had a radical nephrectomy using robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery and removal of a nearby lymphnoid That also came back cancerous the kidney was only Cancerous And was only contained inside the kidney fat margins were clear…
I figured it couldn't hurt to post this article.
Pfizer drug effective in patients with rare lung cancer: study Pfizer Reuters: Andrew Kelly Reuters 1 day ago By Bill Berkrot of Reuters http://news.msn.com/science-technology/pfizer-drug-effective-in-patients-with-rare-lung-cancer-study (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's Xalkori, which treats lung cancer patients with a specific…
Recommendations for a good Cancer Center for Lung Cancer near Charlotte NC
Hi, I'm a long-time member of the Colon Cancer forum. A good friend of mine just called me last night and told me that she has Stage IV Lung Cancer. She just found this out on Tuesday, she woke up Saturday morning with a lump on the outside of her neck, then made a Dr appointment and got the bad news. Right now, we don't…
Last Sunday my Father found out that He's got lung cancer
Last sunday my Father was coughing up blood and my Mother and I ran him to the hospital. They gave my Father a CAT scan and found 5cm and 1cm tumors in his lungs. The doctors have him on a heavy amount of medicines before he goes to the oncologist in Blue Ridge,Georgia week after next. The doctor said the tumors were in…
Stage IV Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment for Dad - going forward
Stage IV Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment for Dad - going forward Dad (80 years old) is suffering from Stage IV Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (one smallish primary tumour in lung), and 2 very small secondaries; in liver and on spine. It was detected at that Stage 16 months ago. He has had chemotherapy, maintenance…
Hi, I'm from the ovarian cancer board, but my mom has a plurex catheter and something weird just ha
Warning, if you have a weak stomach please stop reading now, this is gross and not too much weirds me out. OK, so my mom has had the plurex catheter installed in her right plurel cavity maybe 2-3 weeks ago. I set her up and do the draining which has steadly been decreasing over the past week. Yesterday, we only got about…
husband has lung cancer and he's an alcoholic
My husband is nearing the end of his chemotherapy, he has stage 4 small cell lung cancer. He is an alcoholic, he still smokes heavily and is drinking an entire bottle of rum every day. He says it helps with his pain and helps him to sleep. He sleeps all day and night. I'm so stressed out and depressed. I don't know what to…
My Mother Has Extensive Small Cell Lung Cancer
Good Morning, I have recently come across this website while looking for forums on this topic. She was diagnosed August 21st, 2014. Before being diagnosed, she went through 2 horrible months of pain, and multiple ER trips, only to be told she had a severe case of pneumonia. After months of suffering, they must have ran the…
Non small cell lung cancer & rectal cancer
My farther has been diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer his pet scan suggest rectal cancer also is this possible ? I'm so confused Has anybody else experienced this ? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
Multiple nodules and Adenocarcinoma in Situ
Hello everyone, I am 56-year old former smoker (quit 7 years ago) and was just diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma In Situ based on needle biopsy done on a 1.3cm nodule in my right middle robe. Multiple pulmonary nodules in my lung were first discovered by CT (taken because I was feeling shortness of breath) in 2005 and they…
Ct revealed 5 new nodules...
Just got results of ct scan last week, 2 upper left lobe nodules, 1 lower left and 2 right middle lobe nodules. History of primary liver cancer(twice), no previous nodule history, I am 64 year old male and previous smoker(35 years ago). 2mm -5mm in size. The radiologist suggested a rescan in 6 months. Not comfortable with…
Recommendation needed for a Thoracic surgeon with Kaiser Permanente group in San Francisco Bay Area
Multiple lung nodules were discovered in my lungs by CT in 2005. Periodic monitoring by CT since showed none of them disappeared nor grew in size until the last CT scan I had last month. It turned out two of them have grown to 1cm and 1.3cm. Biopsy perfomed on the larger leision showed it is what the pathologist called…

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