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Phone: (800) LUNG-USA
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I'm scheduled for a colonoscopy early summer. Because of my lung issues, it's being done in the hospital and I'll need tests before the anesthesia. So I asked my PCP for a virtual colonoscopy which h ... Show more
Hello friends- I've gone through recent testing at Stanford in northern CA, and am receiving recommendations for either surgical or radiological interventions. I'd like to secure an online 2nd opini ... Show more
I have egfr exon 20+ mutation NSCLC with PD-L1 came back as 0. I recently had my first scan afte two month of treatment, one of of the lesion in lung had growth from 9 x 6 mm 16 x12 mm. The rest of ... Show more
Hello, 4 years ago I had VATS upper left lobectomy. Recovery was not too difficult. 10 days ago I had robotic segmented surgery of upper right and lower right lobes to remove 4 pre-existing primar ... Show more
Article on Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in EGFR : https://journals.lww.com/anti-cancerdrugs/abstract/2020/03000/successful_immune_checkpoint_inhibition_in_an.14.aspx
Hi friends. Wrote a few months ago re new 0.5 mm nodule found in July. I am 10 years post right lobectomy for two primaries with a remaining right lower wedged lobe). Have had two CTs and a PET since ... Show more
I had five daily consecutive radiation treatments for a small lung nodule at the end of January and had no side side effects throughout February. Beginning in March I've been increasingly anemic wit ... Show more
Does anyone know the status of Furmonertinib and when it might be available? Or, has anyone participated in the clinical trials with any success? My dad's lung cancer has advanced to leptomeningeal d ... Show more
I have a been on Targrisso since 2019 and in October this year I began to have rashes that itched a lot. It is mostly on my torso but will have on my arms a legs. Any solutions or suggestions?
So my husband has NSCLC Stage IV. He recently started a clinical trial. This is his first clinical trial. We are trying to be very thorough on how we navigate with his treatments(reading, researching ... Show more