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crazylady
crazylady Member Posts: 543 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hi Everyone,
I'm curious to know if anyone has ever heard of a lung transplant being done on a cancer patient. I'd appreciate any information anyone has. I brought this up to my oncologist, but he didn't seem very willing to look into it.

Have a great weekend!
Thanks,
Jamie

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  • Buzzard
    Buzzard Member Posts: 3,043 Member
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    I met an elderly man in Nashville.....
    that was having his normal checkups. He was about 75 I would guess and he had had a complete lung transplant. They do that at Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center but Im not sure about all the stipulations involved. He looked very very healthy and moved around without the aid of any walker, no oxygen etc..........buzz
  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member
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    From the net
    Can You Be Considered for Lung Transplantation?
    To be considered for lung transplantation, you must:
    • Have a condition for which transplantation is considered an effective treatment
    • Have severe and progressive lung disease that no longer responds to medical treatment
    • Be willing to accept the risks of surgery and subsequent medical treatment
    • Be physically capable of undergoing surgery and subsequent medical treatment
    • Not be smoking or abusing alcohol or drugs
    Even if you otherwise qualify, the transplant team may determine that you are not a good candidate—for example, because of severe,
    coexisting medical conditions that may be worsened by a surgical procedure and follow-up treatments with powerful immunosuppressive
    (antirejection) drugs.

    Found at http://www.chestnet.org/downloads/patients/guides/LungTransplantation.pdf
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    I would expect that at the very least to qualify you would have to not be in treatment for your cancer and have been NED for some period of time to be considered for a transplant.
  • Unknown
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    Lovekitties said:

    From the net
    Can You Be Considered for Lung Transplantation?
    To be considered for lung transplantation, you must:
    • Have a condition for which transplantation is considered an effective treatment
    • Have severe and progressive lung disease that no longer responds to medical treatment
    • Be willing to accept the risks of surgery and subsequent medical treatment
    • Be physically capable of undergoing surgery and subsequent medical treatment
    • Not be smoking or abusing alcohol or drugs
    Even if you otherwise qualify, the transplant team may determine that you are not a good candidate—for example, because of severe,
    coexisting medical conditions that may be worsened by a surgical procedure and follow-up treatments with powerful immunosuppressive
    (antirejection) drugs.

    Found at http://www.chestnet.org/downloads/patients/guides/LungTransplantation.pdf
    ****************************************************************************

    I would expect that at the very least to qualify you would have to not be in treatment for your cancer and have been NED for some period of time to be considered for a transplant.

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