Hi all. I was told on Aug 24th following a basic lung health CT scan that I have malignant NSCLC. PET scans showed it has not spread yet. I have been offered the immunotherapy drug Nivolumab with chemotherapy for 3 months, then surgery to remove the...
Hi, my name is Sophie, and I have been unwell for a couple of months. My doctor ran blood tests, which came back abnormal and I went to my local hospital for tests. The first was an ultrasound on my liver, as my liver enzyme came back as 678, with the...
My 85 year old mum has been diagnosed with lung cancer.She is too old for surgery and was unable to have radiotherapy because she could not reach on the machine She is on a chemotherapy pill (one a day)and she is not doing too good .She is taking oxygen...
Morning everyone. Just a quick update. I spoke to my oncologist on the 20th Dec to talk about the pet scan results. Not gr8 news but better than I thought( my brain works in a weird way) The cancer in my left lung isn't a new one it's from my bowel cancer...
Hello, I'm now over 3 years into my stage 4 NSCLC journey. And my dear lymph nodes have decided to raise there ugly selves again. I am due to start Docetaxel soon. Has anyone had this and how did you get on. Is the infusion a long one? Side effects etc...
I have veen diagnosed with lubg cancer not sire how they going to fet it veen for ct guided scan ro get biopsy they said it was awquardxto get it behibd a riv so how will they remove cancer it is early stage just 14 mm
Hi everyone we have a definitive clinical diagnosis now for my dad - it is primary bronchogenic carcinoma in the right lung with some local spread to the R4 lymph node in the mediastinum. The R4 lymph node is positive for adenocarcinoma TTF1 positive...
Hi. First time posting here. My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer via ct scan/blood tests back in April. We have since been told it’s non operable due to where it is, but honestly haven’t been told much else. She’s had a pet scan which showed there is...
Hello All, I am 60 on the 1st January 2024 and I am having an upper lobectomy 2 days after. Cancer was picked up by the targeted lung cancer team initiative CT scan and confirmed by PET scan, luckily it seems to have been picked up early and not spread...
Hi everyone my dad has an indeterminate diagnosis of lung cancer - 5.8mm mass in right upper lobe and indeterminate mediastinal lymph nodes which he had an EBUS biopsy for yesterday. we have a meeting on 19th n t week to discuss definite diagnosis and...
