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two weeks ago I had a bronchoscopy with a biopsy performed. Two days ago my oncologist called to tell me it was limited stage small cell lung cancer Yesterday I met with her and she's setting up chemo for Monday using Cistplatin and Etoposide for my cocktail...
Hi everyone hope you are all doing well, I had 3/4s of my upper left lobe removed 6 weeks ago and was wondering if anyone has had this same problem, my nose and throat is constantly bunged up and m es it hard to breathe and I can't sit back on the sofa...
Just got diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in right lung. Very anxious told two weeks to see surgeon then maybe 3 more weeks till operation. So much time has been wasted as I started symptoms April 22 gp dismissed everything till finally got X-ray october...
Hello My dad originally treatment plan was radiotherapy 5 days a week for 4 weeks but now after biopsy results, he is having target immune therapy for his stage 3 lung cancer non small cell. My dad is 75 Is anyone on these at the moment? What...
Hello all. New to the group with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer(NSCLC) stage IA - T2AN0M0. On NeoAuduara clinical trials. Just completed right lower lobe removed by Robotic Assisted Thoracic Surgery(RATS). Have been recovering, so far well.
Hi all We're on our second cancer journey, this time with mum, aged a very young 68!. We lost dad to Bowel cancer suddenly at the start of 2016, so our experience of this disease is a very negative one. Mum was diagnosed with SCLC in October 2022...
Hi I'm new to the group. Was diagnosed with lung cancer in January and had my operation on 27th March to remove my lobe. Operation a success and everything seem to be going well until yesterday. Had my first appointment with clinical Oncology. My tumour...
My mum has stage 3 lung cancer and her right lung has collapsed due to where the tumour is situated. She is so out of breathe but no one is monitoring her oxygen levels, they just say we need to concentrate on managing her breathing. She has a nebuliser...
So who's been offered this new supposed wonder drug? I know I won't be offered it as I'm firmly in the "We don't operate on Stage 4/incurable but treatable" camp, so I suppose I'm not considered cost effective. But, it keeps coming up in my news feed...
Hi I’m new to this forum. I was diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer HER2 with mutation on 1 September 2021 when I was 56 years old. I have mets in my brain I am being treated in the UK and my oncologist wants me to try a drug called ENHERTU- this...
