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Non-small cell lung cancer - General
Support for those diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer.
PET-CT Is Better for Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer
- By kitkat4ever · New reply yesterday at 6:00 pm
- 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 ...
Tarceva Questions
- By lbp08 · New reply yesterday at 8:51 am
- 8 replies
- I am looking for those of you using Tarceva with success - who don't fit the profile from the trials...the latest oncologist that we "interviewed" for my mom said he refuses to prescribe Tarceva because ...
Shame
- By stage4survivor · New reply July 2, 2009
- 38 replies
- I realize this is usually a HOT topic and may get bounced but, this drivel in the NY Times by Derek Raghavan has really "lit my fuse"! The vast majority of us and our loved ones are ashamed, even if we ...
Gone to heaven
- By campellis2001 · New reply July 2, 2009
- 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 ...
My Mother was Diagnosed with...
- By jazzloversinc · New reply July 2, 2009
- 7 replies
- My mother was diagnosed with nsclc but they called it an aggressive type ..neuroendocrine..is anyone familiar with this? Thanks from a newby ...
Carboplatin/Taxol Ache in Joints, Relief????
- By saltypenguin · New reply July 2, 2009
- 20 replies
- I am on my second round of Carboplatin/Taxol chemo and I get it every 21 days about day 3 to day 14 I get achy joints and with it I find it difficult to sleep. Anyone have any suggestions. Tylinol works ...
Update: no surgery
- By Bertha23 · New reply July 1, 2009
- 15 replies
- Hi everybody! Last time I posted on my case: Stage III A Squamous, inoperable tumor in my upper right lung wrapped around bronchus and blocking air flow, but how my surgeon was sending me to Toronto to ...
What does BAC stand for?
- By MARIET · New reply July 1, 2009
- 3 replies
- Just read a post by Mittzer - Rare NSCLC. I read the replies and it sounds similar to the type of LC I have. Slow Growing. Limited to Lung and mediastin, node. DX feb 06. Chemo only. How is this type ...
Dirty Little Secret...for ksep
- By stage4survivor · New reply July 1, 2009
- 24 replies
- Most of you know me from this forum, you can read my journal and my posts, I really don't hold back much but, there is something I have never discussed with anyone and certainly never posted here because ...
FARAH
- By EddieSD · New reply July 1, 2009
- 7 replies
- Please take some time and remember Farah, her fight, and how she worked for all of us with her documentary. God Bless her. Eddie ...
EML4-ALK Mutation
- By kfbrum · New reply July 1, 2009
- 35 replies
- Hi, My name is Kevin Brumett. In August of 2007, I was diagnosed with stage IIIa/b Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer at the age of 29. As it always is when being diagnosed with any form of cancer, I was shocked ...
Newbie Here!!!! ALWAYS GET SECOND OPINION!!!!
- By myanjoshmama · New reply June 29, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hi everyone. I am new to this website. Here is my story: My mother went for a routine exam 1.5 months, had a chest x-ray and the dr found what looked like to be "fluid". He sent her for a CT scan. Scan ...
cancer cough
- By candigrl63 · New reply June 28, 2009
- 14 replies
- i was wondering what a cancer cough feels like? before you were diagnosed did any of you have only a cough that wouldnt go away? chest pain? i am wondering what the pain felt like and if the cough was ...
Dietary changes
- By arksurvivor · New reply June 28, 2009
- 10 replies
- I recently watched a documentary called "The Beautiful Truth" about the Gerson Therapy (nutritional plan for cancer patients). AMAZING. I also ordered the book by the same name. I know in my heart that ...
Has anyone with Squamous Cell LC have Tongue Cancer?
- By Becky885 · New reply June 27, 2009
- 2 replies
- I had stage 3 NSCLC Squamous Cell in 2007. After radiation and Chemo, have had clean scans since. Well, there was something lower right lung, but not growing and not "hot" on PET. But my tongue has been ...
How do you all stay so positive?
- By iahawk97 · New reply June 26, 2009
- 24 replies
- We suffered a setback this week when mom's scan showed 4 new spots on her lungs. Back to chemo we go again tomorrow. How do you all stay so positive? This news was like re-living the initial diagnosis ...
Toddy??
- By CKP · New reply June 26, 2009
- 4 replies
- Has anyone heard from/about Toddy? I come here to check but haven't seen anything in a while. If anyone has any info would you let me know? Thanks, Cindy ...
Please let me know I'm making a difference. I'm losing my "drive."
- By Dana · New reply June 26, 2009
- 37 replies
- Is anybody seeking second opinions? I was stage 3B . . . very sick at the time. They told me to contact hospice because I might not make it through the next month or two in which they'd hoped to give ...
Tarceva, radiation and wound healing issues?
- By wendyslam · New reply June 26, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hi All, I know many of you are on Tarceva and I appreciate all that has been posted on it so far. My mother started about 3 months ago. She has the usual side effects of diarrhea, pimples/rash. One very ...
Oopa
- By Wayseeker1 · New reply June 26, 2009
- 2 replies
- Original Dx was small cell. Repeat scan after 3 cycles of treatment with carbo and epotoside showed increased tumor activity and had spread to more nodes. Oncologist demanded second opinion on slides ...