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Which facility is reputed to b...
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Am searching for info relating to the best treatment available for IIIA NSCL - Thx,
507/05/08 Message Rating
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looking for answers
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Hi, this is my first time posting.  My husband had a chest x-ray which revealed a RUL mass of 5.7. (I would presume that to be cm?)  We are waiting fo...
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Senna S for constipation
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Hi All,My Mom has lung cancer and was diagnosed on May 10, 08. The doctor gave her 3 months but she is doing ok.My reason for writing is to inform others a...
007/04/08 Message Rating
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tarceva
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I have stage IV non small cell lung cancer and lst line chemo has not worked. I am now on tarcveva and am seeking your experience with the drug. Thank-you
1107/03/08 Message Rating
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Liver Loaded with Mets
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If there is anyone that can offer advice - please reply!My mom has been battling stage 4 lunger cancer for 2 1/2 years.  She had very good quality of life ...
107/03/08 Message Rating
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multi-vit
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Does anyone know why a NSCL IIIA would be discouraged from using a multi-vit?!?   
007/02/08 Message Rating
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No energy!!!
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My mother has stage 4 lung cancer as a secondary with no primary found. She was diagnosed in March 4-8months. Since then she has had radiation treatment an...
207/02/08 Message Rating
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Intermittant Pain
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My husband (small cell/oat cell lung cancer) has bone mets from the lung cancer.  The last PET (first week of June) showed NO new growth. However, he is pa...
407/02/08 Message Rating
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metastasized small-cell-lung c...
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My twin sister was diagnosised with metastatic small-cell-lung cancer back in Sept.06,that had went to her brain.She's went thru 7 months of chemo (cisplati...
307/01/08 Message Rating
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Surgery
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My 76-year-old father was diagnosed with Stage IIIB lunch cancer at the beginning of '08. He had a few rounds of chemo and radiation, and at this ...
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PET SCAN
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I am 53 yr old female who had rt upper lobe of lung removed ( side incision ) & chest tube for adenocarcinoma  9/06 , no lymph node involvement & n...
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Anyone who has ever tried Tarc...
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Was anyone very weak when starting it?Not active. Sleeping most of the time and not really eating? Was anyone on Hospice and given just a few weeks to live...
506/30/08 Message Rating
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Stage IV Lung Cancer
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Hi.  I'm new to this board, but I know how helpful the Congestive Heart Failure board has been for me, and now I need some help with my son.After 11 we...
306/30/08 Message Rating
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Lung Transplant
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My mom has cancer that is confined to her lungs. Is it possible for my sister and I to give her one of our lungs?
006/30/08 Message Rating
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By Keeping Body Alkaline State...
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HI,just wanted to know by keeping the body in alkaline state can we stop the spread of cancer to other parts of body my mom is stage 4 adenocarcenoma she is sta...
406/30/08 Message Rating
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Am I Doing The Right Thing?
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I have head lung cancer for the past 2 years. When I was first diagnosed doctors told me I had about six, seven months to live. I had one round of chemo and the...
506/29/08 Message Rating
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Help? Chest Pain? Is it normal...
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My husband started his radiation and chemo treatments last Tuesday. He has Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Level IIIA. His tumor is 6.9 cm X 3.9 cm and is in hi...
206/29/08 Message Rating
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Met to Brain 4 yrs after Adeno...
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My mother was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in Jan 2004. After 6 months of chemo , she was started on Iressa. The drug worked like a miracle and all her cancer ...
306/28/08 Message Rating
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brain mets? avastin
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Hi Diagnosed a month ago with non small cell lung with mets to brain, bones and lymph nodes.  Feeling good, no shortness of breath, no cough, just some che...
006/28/08 Message Rating
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can't pee
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My 65 yr old gram has NSCLC which has moved to the brain, spine and bones.  She is now having trouble urinating and her legs are swelling up.  What do...
106/28/08 Message Rating
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TARceva Assistance program
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Can anyone tell me more about the assistance program for Tarceva?  My brother-in-law has been prescribed this medicine and cannot afford it.  Really d...
206/28/08 Message Rating
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seeking pain free end
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I had lung surgery at age 21 while in the USAF, some 45 years ago for a collapsed lung and continued to smoke for an additional 26 years. I wasn’t fully i...
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tarceva
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13 months ago dag with Adeno carcinoma right lung.refused infushion cheni. Started Tarceva. at this stage Taeceva stopped working. I am now om my own. Tatc...
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Mum has gone on the 23rd of Ju...
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Hi everyone,Im just writing to let everyone know that my mum sadly passed away on the 23rd of June 2008 at 7.08pm.  She was battling with lung cancer for 1...
506/25/08 Message Rating
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Neulasta Side effects?
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Could any one tell me what possible side effects my husband can expect from the Neulasta shot?Thank you,Bernice
1306/25/08 Message Rating
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