Treatment options

Information on current treatment options and emerging treatments, including quality of life issues.

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My mother 81 years on Tarceva - now not working

• By vg123 · New reply 5:21 am
• 10 replies
• My mother (81 yrs) suffering from Adenocarcinoma for last 1.5 years, was on Iressa and then on Tarceva for last 6 months . Now the tumor has grown by about 1.5 cm x 1.5 cm. Not sure wihat are the options ...

Low grade mucoepidermoid cancer located in submandibular gland

• By davidmmp · New reply 2:01 am
• 1 reply
• I was recently diagnosed with low grade submandibular mucoepidermoid cancer based on biopsy pathology results. I understand that surgery is the best option for this cancer and tricky area to have the ...

Anti-PD-1 for NSCLC email group

• By FeistyD · New reply yesterday at 2:10 pm
• 44 replies
• I'm hoping to start an email group for those of us with lung cancer in anti-PD-1 trials (similar to the Lucanix email group). So far everyone in the trial that I have met at my clinic has melanoma, not ...

Vitamin C News very interesting

• By shiftcolors · New reply May 23, 2013
• 1 reply
• This article about Vitamin C's ability to arrest TB...has an interesting line in it related to Cancer! http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/Headline/vi tamin-c-TB-tuberculosis-cancer/2013/05/2 2/id/505878 ...

Could this be TRUE-CD47

• By stanifa · New reply May 22, 2013
• 12 replies
• Oh by now I'm sure you all have heard about CD47 being tested on rats and it had shrunk or desolved caner tumors in rats. I think they are going to be in a trial on humans. Is this true???? G- I'm sure ...

Cannabis Oil

• By Bobby1982 · New reply May 22, 2013
• 187 replies
• I've been reading some articles on cannabis oil, or just THC for that matter, offering a possible cure for cancer. I know it's not widely accepted in the medical field, then again our government isn't ...

Hydroxurea

• By Frank63 · New reply May 22, 2013
• 3 replies
• My husband was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010 and 2011. He also has a blood disease where he is taking a chemo drug, Hydroxurea. He has been on that since 1991. He has complained for sometime now ...

Hydroxurea

• By Frank63 · Posted May 22, 2013
• 0 replies
• My husband was diagnosed with too many platelets in his blood in 1991. The treatment is Hydroxurea. He has now been diagnosed with lung cancer and just recently, pancreatitis. Also, he has peripheral ...

getting off Tarceva

• By mimimary · New reply May 22, 2013
• 3 replies
• I have been on Tarceva for 22 months. I was diagnosed with NSCLC in October 2010. I had bilateral tumors - one in each lung. One was adenocarcinoma and the other adeno with BAC features. I do have the ...

Tonight's Lung Cancer Living Room-Gene Sequencing and Survival

• By jmejude · New reply May 22, 2013
• 4 replies
• Hello all, A recently diagnosed couple joined the local local lung cancer support group meeting that I attend each month. The husband has been diagnosed stage IV and of course the family is devastated ...

CO-1686 in EGFR +

• By Amalfi · New reply May 21, 2013
• 3 replies
• Has anyone responded or felt better on CO-1686? What dose? Who has openings in the trial? Do you understand the 790 mutation? Amalfi ...

Taxotere vs Abraxane?

• By Jennarose · New reply May 20, 2013
• 3 replies
• Any experiences with Abraxane ...

Scans

• By ADreaLu · New reply May 20, 2013
• 6 replies
• Dad diagnosed May 2012 - 3B NSCLC Diagnosis - Large single tumor 8cm lower right lobe - also COPD - one involved lymph node on same side, one involved lymph node in the esophogus (this made diagnosis ...

New chemo

• By tkjerico · New reply May 20, 2013
• 10 replies
• Hi All, I was just wondering if anyone out there has been given gemcitabine before. Next week I start Altima, carbo and gemcitabine, which I have no experience with. I've had Altima and carbo and didn't ...

NGPDT personal experience

• By Chaioni · New reply May 19, 2013
• 225 replies
• Dear all, I have been following a thread which started slightly differently but branched out into a heated discussion on the medical credibility of the NGPDT treatment in Guangzhou, China. I though a ...

Sour sop juice... Does it really cure cancer?

• By Miracleatruestory · New reply May 16, 2013
• 16 replies
• I say what does it hurt to try this juice if it really works. Has anyone else heard about this juice? Scientists say it is 10,000 times stronger then chemotherapy and has no side effects. If this is true ...

Why Aren’t More Lung Cancer Patients In Clinical Trials?

• By Sallid · New reply May 15, 2013
• 17 replies
• This is an interesting read. Why Aren’t More Lung Cancer Patients In Clinical Trials? By Lynne Eldridge MD The National Cancer Institute recommends that people with lung cancer consider taking part in ...

Mutation testing in the UK

• By ENJS · New reply May 15, 2013
• 4 replies
• Hi My mom has NSCLC with 3 mets to the brain. Her doctor has tested for EGFR receptors which came back negative. After spending a lot of time on this site I have found that there are a lot more mutations ...

Influence of oral glutamine supplementation on survival NSCLC

• By AnnikaH · New reply May 14, 2013
• 5 replies
• Influence of oral glutamine supplementation on survival outcomes of patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer Erkan Topkan,corresponding author1 ...

Gefitinib

• By Stephanie-October19 · New reply May 14, 2013
• 5 replies
• Is anyone currently on the drug? Just wondering how it works/if it works ...

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