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Hello can anyone tell me how long each session of intravenous Chemotherapy takes. My husband is having 5 sessions a week for 6 weeks. He will also have radiotherapy and some immunotherapy. As he is fit they are throwing everything they can at him. He...
A recent CT scan shows 6cm mass in my right lung. Awaiting PET scan, bronchoscopy and other tests. Can’t stop worrying. Only 2-3 weeks ago I had no idea I could even get lung cancer as I have no risk factors. NHS website doesn’t give you any hope when...
I finished my radiotherapy on 4th October and had a CT scan last week. My primary tumour has shrunk by half but unfortunately the lymph nodes are bigger which I wasn't expecting. Without a biopsy the oncologist can't say if this is because of the Radiotherapy...
Hi everyone, I posted a while ago expressing that I was finding it hard to deal with my dad’s cancer diagnosis, he has now been told they can offer him no further treatment and have estimated that he has months. I did get very emotional when he told...
I’ve just had the 2nd of 3 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy/immunotheraphy with a pet scan due the week after next, I have squamous cell T2 NO MO which is 27mm in my left main bronchus, because of the location I have been offered a pneumonectony or...
Hello Ive been diagnosed with lung cancer no idea yet of anything as its just shown its ugly head I’ve had blood tests and today received a letter for a phone call next week this will be my 3rd cancer in my body and feeling devastated it’s happened...
Does anybody with lung cancer who is not on or has completed chemotherapy months ago, find that food and drinks taste horrible? Also does anybody in the same circumstances suffer from constant nausea?
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...
KINGSTON Hi everyone After just over 2 years clear of cancer A ct and pet scan is lighting up very tiny .A biopsy did not get any cancer cells so I found it quite difficult when the oncologist said radical treatment of chemo and radiotherapy was needed...
Hi just found out that my mother in law has Stage 4 lung cancer with mets in liver and adrenal glands. She is 86 years old and it is palliative care only. Bit of a shock how we found out as she just had a tumble and was taken to hospital as a precaution...
