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Hi all During my multiple investigations for lung cancer it was found I have the KRAS mutant gene. Reading up on it, it can be quite scary. Apparently 1 in 8 people diagnosed with NSCLC adenocarcinoma have this gene present. Scientists and cancer research...
Hi everyone. This is the surgery I'm going to be having at the end of May beginning of June. I first thought it was justva straight forward hysterectomy but I've had to go to a specialist hospital as the cancer I have in my overies& surrounding area stems...
I'm still in the early stages of finding out what will happen - appointment with oncologist on Thursday - but being the born worrier that I am, I'm worrying that when I get to the treatment stage, I won't do a good enough job. I know I will need to eat...
Hello, I have an enquiry about treatment for Small Cell Lung Cancer. My mum got diagnosed with early stages of SCLC and got course of radio and chemo therapies. She just finished her first 3 weeks of radiotherapy to the lung ara and is about to continue...
Hi All So we join the one society that none wants to join myself included. I was told on March 1st that I had a shadow on my resulting from lung X-ray from the GP so I immediately went away for the weekend as planned. What can I say other than carry...
Hi all, My dad has recently been diagnosed with Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma. It's been very difficult getting accurate information from my parents because my dad won't talk about it and my mum seems firmly in a state of denial. What I have...
Hi. I have never posted before My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer on 28th December. The PET scan showed a nodule in her left lung and one in her right. They also suspected it had spread to her lymph nodes. She had a biopsy on 8th Jan and was told...
Help! I'm stuck between surgery or radiotherapy to remove lung cancer rl middle lobe! I'm very high risk due to other medical problems and when I met the surgeon this week he was brutal. Scared the crap out of me. SO, now I've got to what to see the oncologist...
breathlessness still 10 weeks after surgery will it ever go away half lung removed
Hi I have small cell lung cancer, diagnosed in 2021, after two ops and chemo and radiotherapy, I'm suffering with nerve pain everywhere, nerve medication makes me vomit, any suggestions would be appreciated
