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Lung Cancer

mass-like upper left lobe
Hi, I am New Here My Name is Steven and I am Married and live in Tampa, Florida. After getting a examm and my doctor finding abnormal chest-xray he ordered a CT. chest with contrast, well the final report came back 2/3/11 Withoput going on with the whole report I just give you the IMPRESSION: Mulitple spiculated masses or…
CBC(Complete Blood Count)
Where online can I find the normal, high and low numbers for CBC? I am tracking my husband's blood test results for lung cancer and need to know what CBC reports indicate. Thanks.
SBRT Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Hi my friends, I dropped in from the Uterine board. Can anyone recommend an outstanding medical center for SBRT? Or better yet an outstanding Rad. for SBRT. Thanks, Starfish
One year ago today....
My world was forever changed. My best friend, my rock, my confident, my soft place to land was diagnosed with metastic lung cancer. For 207 days we fought the beast. We Loved. We Laughed. We Cried. Mom I love you with all my heart and miss you every second of every day. Thank all of you on this board for the support,…
I need help
Its Fifi again. So since me and my boyfriend (whos with lung cancer) are far from each other now, we can only contact each other through email and calls. Just today he confessed to me that he hate to be treated as a patient. He said that I treat him like a patient and he hates it. He cried when he told me that. I asked, in…
using PET to diagnose
My doctor found a few shadows on a chest xray that lead to a few small nodules (7 - 9 mm) being found on a CT scan. He wants me to wait 2 months for the next CT scan to see if they've grown, an indication, according to him, that they're cancerous. While I understand the logic of "growth" what I don't understand is his…
please need help????
hi everybody looking for some advice my husband has limited small cell he had his 1st scan which came out pretty promising his 6 centimeter tumor had dissapeared he still had a little fluid along the lining of the lung but they were not to concerned with that, because it had diminished from his original cat scan. (he had…
Not what I wanted to hear but better than I expected...
As some of you know I had a CT scan in February and they saw "subtle changes" in my left lung so the scan was being sent to the Cancer Review Board. I finally heard from my rad onc yesterday and he said there was a lesion in my lung but the nodule didn't look the same as the one I had which was NSCLC adenocarcinoma. I went…
Hi i am new here have a question
i have a 14 mm nodgel on right lung. How many mm was yours. needle biopsy coming soon michelle
Recently diagnosed mother
Well this is my first post but here goes: My mother was diagnosed on December 21 with stage 4 NSCLC. It was might have gone unnoticed except that it had spread into her neck and formed an 8 x 4 x 4 cm mass that was causing lots of pain in her left arm. Anyway I am sure that her condition is fairly similar to others. I am…
I need support
Hello everyone. I am Fifi from Asia. Well first of all, let me tell you that I am actually 19 years old. And currently datinga guy who is with lung cancer. We've been together for 7 months now, and its been terrific. About 4 months ago, he was diagnosed with lung cancer stage 1. And he went through chemotherapy and every…
First scan after treatment started
Had a progress check today, which was a scan after my first two rounds of chemo. I was on Cisplatin and Gemcitabine and the results showed the "spots" that were present in my right lung are no longer detectable and the main tumor in my left lung has shrunken slightly, as have the tumors in my lymph nodes. When I started…
Arcapta Neohaler (US name) / Onbrez Breezhaler from Novartis
For those of us with COPD - On sale in Europe already, the Neohaler paired with Spiriva appears to work better than Advair + Spiriva! U.S. FDA advisory meetings through March 31: PULMONARY-ALLERGY DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE DATE: March 8, 0800/1300 LOCATION: FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Building 31, Silver…
Need info quickly should I get radiation to my tumor on my lung?
I've been offered to get radiation to part of my lung where a tumor is growing and getting ready to block my air way on my left lung.Chemo is not working Should I or shouldn't I do it? I'm pretty healthy no issues. Please help. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you Lori
Help..We are loss!
Hi my name is Geri. My husband was just diagnos with lung cancer. He has had is upper half of his left lung removed. What we are most concer about is what they have found. How can this be.He has NON SMALL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA 3.8 CM. G3 POORLY DIFFERNTIATED. Staging pT2a(2), pN1 and BRONCHIOLOALVEOLAR CARCINOMA 0.7 cm…
regenerate
Hi I had a third of my right lung removed in 1997 due to cancer and its almost 14 years now since I stopped smoking. I had chest xray in the last week and the consultant has told me that my lungs are now in great condition and its as though they look like i never had an operation!I am delighted with this news so my…
Secondline chemo for Small Cell Lung Cancer
My name is Mark. I was dx'd with Extensive Small Cell Lung Cancer mets to lymph nodes & liver on 2/2/01. I went through chemo, Etopiside & Carboplatin, until the end of May 01. In June, Dr. told me I was in remission!! So I decided to go through a PCI procedure. I received 30 radiation treatments to the brain. That took me…
sclc, 1 1/2 centmeter in one lung, uncurable?
I was diagnosed with sclc Nov, they actually shrunk everything down and had no change, this is after the entire radiation, and chemo 6 months. They did a pet scan and it showed some residual cells at the original sight, which was the vena cava. I am in stage 1. Thhey had me talk to a surgeon and he said it was too close to…
stage i now what
Hi my name is Joe, 53 year old retiring postal worker. Recently diagnosed stage 1 adenocarcinoma left lung. 7mm tumor. Had vats for left upper lobectomy on Jan 18, 2011. No lymph node involvement. I just found this site and was wondering if anyone else is in this situation, so i can know what to expect for follow-up. My…
CANCER SUCKS!
I usually come in and go right to Lung Cancer but I decided to look at some other headings to day. The one thing that I find in all the posts that appears to be unequivocal, CANCER SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Plan - Finally!
I had a terrific appointment at Johns Hopkins yesterday. I met with the entire team of 5 doctors, including the medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, thoracic surgeon, and two oncology fellows. They presented a plan to me that we are going to begin on Wednesday. The plan includes chemotharepy (Cisplaten (days 1+8 and…
getting out of network radiation covered
Hi - Not sure this is appropriate place but does anyone have experience getting Kaiser to pay for outside radiation? My mother-in-law is having a hard time getting treated and wants to go to City of Hope. Any help would be appreciated. Traci
targeted radiation for stage IV NSC lung cancer
Hi all - trying to help my mother-in-law. She was diagnosed with non-small cell adenocarcimona lung cancer in June 2010 with 2.7 cm nodule in one lung and 1.4 cm nodule in other lung and 6 of 9 lymph nodes positive. No cancer anywhere else. She did 6 rounds of cisplatin and avastin. Latest PET scan and CT scan shows rt…
Survivor Stage IV Small Cell Lung Cancer April 10 to Present
Hello everyone - Just want to send out some encouraging words - I'm 39 diagnosed with Inoperable, Incurable, Termainal Stage IV Small Cell Lung Cancer in April 2010. I've had brain surgery to remove tumor in April 10, Radiation to my whole brain in May 2010, 1 chemo treatment from June to Aug 2010 tumors resolved both in…
dignose with a malignant tumor have not started chemo yet, in 2007 had a liver transplant, just wone
tumor in lower lobe
40 story walk and the news...
My wife and I will be walking up 40 flights of stairs as part of an awareness campaign about exercise in the workplace. One of the local news stations caught wind that my wife was diagnosed with stage iv lung cancer. They interviewed us today. They will do a story tonight and tomorrow. Ill post the link to the interview…
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Hi a lurker till now cuz I have a burning question. What are all of the abbreviations that are used here like ONC. Stage 4 lung victim. More on that later. - John
treatment for stage 4 lung cancer
I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer about 1&1/2 months ago, spread to spine (not the bones), liver and lymph nodes. I was told surgery and radiation are not an option. The only thing they can do is chemo and it won't cure it perhaps shrink the tumors. Has anyone else had anything else besides chemo? I'm not ready to…
Non smoker w/lung cancer
First I would like to say I am so glad that I found this site because I see that me and my mom are not the only one that is going through this ugly thing called cancer. Never in a million years we thought we would be going through this. My mom (non smoker) was diagnosed with stage 4 adenocarcinoma in 2009. She had the…
New caregiver
Hello everyone. My husband has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. 11 years ago I had surgery, radiation and chemo for breast cancer so I know what he will possibly be going through when he starts treatment. We haven't been given a stage yet, that will be this coming Weds. My husband is 73 years old and started smoking…

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