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NSCLC - new life expectancy stats

debs322
  • By debs322 · Posted August 22, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 9 recommendations
  • My husband, age 54, has Stage IV, NSCLC -adenocarcinoma. Upper left lobe, mets to left adrenal gland and right lymph node in neck (which was removed.) He has had 2 of 6 chemo treatments of carbo/taxol/avastin ...

15 year old daughter with Stage 4 lung cancer

dyal62
  • By dyal62 · Posted December 6, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 7 recommendations
  • How does a perfecty heathy girl get non-small cell lung cancer? Has anyone seen this before? And if so, i would like to hear how things went. Here is a link to My girls sight for her story. http://www.haleydyal.com ...

Common Food Additive Found To Increase Risk And Speed Spread Of Lung Cancer

Heinke
  • By Heinke · Posted December 30, 2008
  • In Nutrition · 3 recommendations
  • ScienceDaily, December 30, 2008 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200 8/12/081229080851.htm New research in an animal model suggests that a diet high in inorganic phosphates, which are found in a variety ...

The Kindness of Strangers.....

D1
  • By D1 · Posted December 29, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 3 recommendations
  • I first came to this site two years ago this month when my husband was newly diagnosed with lung cancer. I was terrified, had myself a widow, and total strangers, especially Kathy Toma (also a caretaker ...

What could we raise

bing
  • By bing · Posted December 25, 2008
  • In Family members and caregivers · 3 recommendations
  • I read a e-mail last week that asked us to check out John Kanzius site www.Kanziuscancerresearch.com, so I did cause I have been trying to find out what had happened with him after his 60min interview ...

And then the fight started!!

davecerami275
  • By davecerami275 · Posted September 9, 2008
  • In What, me worry? · 3 recommendations
  • When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive....so, I took her to a gas station..... And then the fight started ...

Others who have had lobectomy

BrendaMousey
  • By BrendaMousey · Posted July 31, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage I · 3 recommendations
  • Hello out there: I am a new member starting today. I had a left upper lobectomy May 23,07 My cancer is NSC 1B No chemo, no radiation, scans every 6 months which have been OK so far. My question is that ...

Just got kicked off another Cancer website

davecerami275
  • By davecerami275 · Posted April 19, 2008
  • In What, me worry? · 3 recommendations
  • I am pretty much "confined to quarters" due to possible hemmorage,, so I am surfing the net, trying to be productive, because motivating others MOTIVATES me. I join this other site hoping to find that ...

Life Expectancy

penny53
  • By penny53 · Posted December 27, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 2 recommendations
  • does anyone know what the life expectancy of lung cancer survivals is? What are our chances of getting it back or it moving to another location? I know I should not be worrying about this but I really ...

Merry Christmas! So Sorry For Negitive Post

dyal62
  • By dyal62 · Posted December 25, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 recommendations
  • Oh, Please forgive me. I shouldn't have even posted such a negative comment. My mom tried to stop me. As always she was right. Now I feel so bad that I presented something so negitive to my wonderful ...

need lots of info on chemo drugs

casperitis
  • By casperitis · Posted December 9, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 recommendations
  • Hi all, I was just diagnosed with stage 1V NSCLC on Nov 18th. After CT scans of my bones, brain, body and biopsies of my lymph nodes during a broncioscopy, they have told me that the primary tumor is ...

12 Signs You've Joined a Cheap HMO

davecerami275
  • By davecerami275 · Posted September 15, 2008
  • In What, me worry? · 2 recommendations
  • 1.Staff physicians include Dr. Who, Dr. Kevorkian, and Dr. Demento. 2.Tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicle. 3.Annual breast exam conducted at Hooters. 4.With your last HMO, your birth control ...

This is too funny!!

davecerami275
  • By davecerami275 · Posted April 24, 2008
  • In What, me worry? · 2 recommendations
  • Click on the link below. Listen to this Marines arrogance, his cockiness,, look at his swagger. The type of attitude that this Marine displays is the exact same attitude that we must display in our battle ...

Lost Brother and feeling alot of guilt

sdoh58
  • By sdoh58 · Posted January 5, 2009
  • In Family members and caregivers · 1 recommendation
  • It has been a month since my brother passed away and it doesn't seem to be getting easier. Yes, I don't cry as much, but the guilt I feel is terrible. I keep thinking I missed something, maybe I made ...

New here with questions

barcsmom
  • By barcsmom · Posted January 4, 2009
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 1 recommendation
  • Hi there. Another newbie around here. Unfortunately, I am here as my dad was dx'ed with stage IIIb squamous cell lc in October. But I am SO happy to have found this group as you have all given me such ...

Longest Living Survivor on Avastin for Lung Cancer in Trouble???

SKIP1
  • By SKIP1 · Posted January 2, 2009
  • In Survivor stories · 1 recommendation
  • Well It's been a hell of a ride and the ride is not over, I can promise you that. First I need to bring you all up to speed. I am the longest living survivor in the world that was in the first phase of ...

Appreciation for this site and a "short" survivor story

drdana
  • By drdana · Posted January 2, 2009
  • In Survivor stories · 1 recommendation
  • Thought I would share my experiences as a caregiver. I'm married to a wonderful woman for 42 years who is currently next to me in the final stages of nsclc. She isn't likely to "survive" for another 3 ...

regarding iressa

jagadeesh
  • By jagadeesh · Posted December 30, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 recommendation
  • is iressa is effective in treating stage4 lung cancer, my fathers docter advised him iressa, after his 3rounds of toxotere/cisplatin & gemzar/cisplatin. is that really helpful ?...pls tell me ...

letter to Tom Daschle to make lung cancer a national public health priority

Angie-in-SC
  • By Angie-in-SC · Posted December 29, 2008
  • In Lung cancer in the news · 1 recommendation
  • http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/docume nts/DaschleLetterFinalwithcosigners.pdf Click on the link above to read the letter composed by LCA and other lung cancer research foundations asking Health & Human ...

American cancer society response

Chi-Dreamer
  • By Chi-Dreamer · Posted December 28, 2008
  • In Lung cancer in the news · 1 recommendation
  • Hi everyone, I wrote the American Cancer society asking them to focus more funding to lung cancer. Here is their response. Linda Thank you for taking the time to share your concerns about lung cancer ...

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