My husband is currently having palliative radiotherapy. He hasn’t been promised any further treatment but needs to ‘build up’ in the four weeks post radiotherapy to discuss immunotherapy possibility after a scan in four weeks. He’s in so much pain...
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with squamous cell lung cancer last week .i am devastated as i went for a routine lung scan in July 23 and was found to have a nodule .they said they would keep an eye on it .i had a pet scan in August 23 which was told...
Hello good people i need some advise Im male 38 years ,social smoker I need some advise if anybody can help Recently and now ,i had some kind of flu, painfull throat,runny nose and cough, I had severe cough with pleghm ,yellow and thick and very...
Hi, My mum (64) has been diagnosed with lung cancer based on a metastases bone biopsy. They have did a bone biopsy because on all other tests (x-ray, PET-CT, CECT) they weren't able to find anything else - no obvious primary tumor, no lymph nodes...
My oncologist has put me down for palliative treatment with Carboplatin and 5FU, but is reluctant to include Pembrolizumab (as recommended by NICE). I am being told that there are risky (and potentially permanent) side effects that can be caused by Pembrolizumab...
Has anyone any experience of this? The biopsy confirmed this is the non small cell type my mum has (specifically exon 14 skipping mutation). She has only been diagnosed 4 weeks ago and has deteriorated rapidly. Unfortunately canver has spread to her lymph...
I have lung cancer that is not curable but treatable. I crashed after my first cycle. I was diagnosed of being at risk of fluid entering my lungs and causing pneumonia and taken to hospital. I am nil by mouth and have an ng tube fitted and being fed....
Hi my lovely Mum is really struggling at the moment. She was diagnosed initially 4 weeks ago and has had all her scans and is due to start radiation therapy for 2.5 weeks on Monday. The treatment plan is then to start Immunotherapy after a 2 week break...
My husband has just been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer we aren’t sure of exact staging just yet and will find out on Tuesday after the MDT meeting on Monday but we’ve been told surgery is not an option. because of the location and because he...
Hi, my partner was diagnosed with squamous cell lung cancer 18 months ago. He has had 3 sessions of chemotherapy last year, continuing with immunotherapy (Pembro) since then and a radical 20 sessions of radiotherapy in July. There seems to be an issue...
