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Discussions
Husbands CT results/Future Chemo Treatments
- By annie56 · Posted 7:00 am
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 reply
- Husbands CT showed tumor in lung grew. He was on Avastin only - 4/22/09-present- Drs said this was not helping -Now he will start Altima 7/10/09-(second line ) From what I read this seems like a pretty ...
Hospice & Chemo
- By murrayranch · Posted yesterday at 3:44 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 replies
- My husband has just been diagnosed with both stage iv nsclc and sclc. He starts chemo next week. Can we get hospice help while still taking chemo? The chemo will not cure him ...
Is Tarceva covered by Medicare while in hospice?
- By dwareham · Posted yesterday at 3:11 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 replies
- Dad is in the hospital with pneumonia, which means we have stopped the Tarceva. We want to start it up again as soon as he is home and off the antibiotic. We can bring him home more quickly if we sign ...
Almita/Carboplatin side effects
- By DadsHurting · Posted yesterday at 2:29 pm
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 reply
- Has anyone had their shoulder or neck hurting after chemo with almita/carboplatin? My dad had his first chemo on Monday and on Wed and Thurs his neck and shoulders were hurting very bad ...
Father passed away
- By fearful · Posted yesterday at 1:27 pm
- In Family members and caregivers · 6 replies
- I am a new member and just wanted to let anyone know if you need to talk I am here. I feel I have been led by God to join this site. My father passed away not to long ago from lung cancer (he was a long ...
HELP-Has anyone tried crushing Tarceva?
- By NYMelissa · Posted yesterday at 11:27 am
- In Treatment options · 1 reply
- Hi, My mom's last treatment resort is tarceva which after a week we just got it delivered. The problem is we got it in pill form, apparently they don't make it another way, and she can't swollow! She ...
Drug & Herbal Interactions
- By drawing3d · Posted yesterday at 10:42 am
- In Treatment options · 2 replies
- I stumbled on this list of common prescription drugs with an associated list of common herbal interactions/cautions: ------------ Major Interaction Do not take this combination * Amphetamines interacts ...
Results?? of CT Scan
- By dusteerose · Posted yesterday at 10:01 am
- In Small cell lung cancer · 1 reply
- Hello All, I got the "results" of my 2nd ct scan. Still not sure. Still can't tell if there is cancer or not. First scan on 6/2 showed a few very small things and nothing on the liver. Second scan showed ...
Lung cancer
- By Mawfy · Posted yesterday at 8:28 am
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 replies
- My Dad is in hospital right now. As optimistic as I'd like to be I don't think he will be coming out. He has Stage IV lung cancer. Spread to his pancreas, femour, thigh and both adrenal glands. He was ...
HELP!!!! BREAKING OUT IN RASH ON ARMS AND NECK
- By Mikestratton2009 · Posted yesterday at 8:11 am
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 7 replies
- Hi my husband has NSCLC stage 4 ..taking Taxotere IV for a hour and Carboplatin for 30 mins and has to take Vandetanib 100mg every day(this is his study meds) He was supposed to have his last treatment ...
Exposure to whooping cough?
- By easterbaby · Posted yesterday at 2:24 am
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 5 replies
- Hi, I know there are some nurses here on the message board so i wanted to get your thoughts. My sis was dx stg iv nslc dec 23 08. She finished her chemo and is now halfway thru her radiation. The tumor ...
infection nsclc stage iv
- By ttt · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 5 replies
- hello all my friend has nsclc stage iv with mets to brain. He began wbr with cyber knife 2 weeks ago. He also had a chest tube inserted. Recently he developed a very bad infection and had to have surgery ...
Tarceva + Avastin
- By momshere · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 4 replies
- My daughter saw the medical oncologist today. He said she has stage IV BAC Lung Cancer/bilateral. Plus in her lymph nodes. His plan of treatment is: Tarceva (oral 3 weeks) + Avastin through a port every ...
Cathys CT Scan results are in and looking good.
- By bayrealtor · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 6 replies
- Hello all! Cathy had her CT scan this morning and I just read the report and all is "stable" after "dramatic improvement" in both lungs back in April! This all after starting Tarceva in Feb. Febs CT showed ...
Mid-way CT Scan Results
- By SCLCFighter · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Small cell lung cancer · 8 replies
- I got back the results of my scan today and mets to liver has improved considerably in numbers and size, while the 3 tumers in the chest have also been reduced in size, one of which, went from 5cm to ...
Older people and NSCLC 3B diagnoses?
- By aeliznn · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 5 replies
- My 81 year old grandmother was recently diagnosed with Stage 3B NSCLC. She has a tumor on her lung as well as pleural effusion. She has fluid with cancer cells in the lining of the lung which is why she ...
Help for third line sclc
- By D_Thompson · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Treatment options · 5 replies
- After cisplatin and etoposide Nov, Dec 2007 and Jan 2008 with radiation. Then WBR in april 2008 I went until Jan 2009 in remission. When it started to grow again I got on a trial with avastin and topotecan ...
PET-CT Is Better for Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer
- By kitkat4ever · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 3 replies
- July 1, 2009 — The frequency of futile thoracotomies is reduced by use of combined positron-emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT) compared with conventional staging in patients with non–small-cell ...
Gone to heaven
- By campellis2001 · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 4 replies
- It is with sadness I write to you all to share that Tracy D from Whitinsville has joined the angels in Heaven. Tracy was on of the first friends I found on this site in 2006. My thoughts and prayers are ...
HAS ANYONE TRIED ALIMTA
- By JenniJ · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 8 replies
- Today I was told by my Ocologist that Tarceva is not working (I had been taking it for 2 months) as the Scan showed my Adrenal Gland met.had grown from 2m on 1 April to 9 cm on 1 July - scary. He suggests ...