Lung Cancer Types

peter20

Lung cancer is a disease that is characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells in the lung tissues. In case it is left untreated, the growth spreads beyond the lungs in a process known as metastasis into the rest of the body and adjacent tissues. There are differences in lung...

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lawre002

are there any new trial studies for lung cancer?

lawre002

why did my doctor prescribe prednisone for my bone fracture from the lung cancer?

eDivebuddy

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1715524#Comment_1715524

Each trial has it's own requirements but there are currently 526 registered clinical trials in the United States currently accepting new Patients.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?locStr=United%20States&country=United%20States&cond=Non-Small%20Cell%20Lung%20Cancer&aggFilters=status:rec,studyType:int

eDivebuddy

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1715525#Comment_1715525

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1715525#Comment_1715525

I'm not a doctor and even if I were, this would be best answered by the prescribing physician.

Prednisone can help control inflammation influencing the time it takes to heal. They may have prescribed it for that purpose. Nut there are many other uses and being a lung cancer patient steroids are an unfortunately necessary part of most patients treatments.