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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...
Non small cell adenocarcinoma of right lung. Two large malignant nodes. Chemo/immunotherapy followed by lobectomy. 3months post surgery. I am 67. Not smoked for 25 years. My younger brother died from the same, age 62 12 months before my diagnosis.
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...
Hi everyone.. I wanted to join this forum, maybe just to alleviate fear as I’m a bit of a coward .. I went to a CT scan on 16th November, and got a call a few days later to say they’d found a nodule on upper right lobe. Everything moved fast and I then...
Hi there. Just wanted to get some views on my situation if possible. After a CT scan got asked to go to hospital to see a consultant. So it appears there was an indication on the scan that needed further investigation, so was sent for a PET-CT scan and...
Hi everyone. My name is Chelle, and I am the lung group community champion. I have been away from the online community for a little while, so thought I would introduce myself to those that do not already know me. I have been living with cancer myself...
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....
