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Small Cell Cancer Patients.

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Until recently, small cell lung cancer was lumped in with other cancers. The Go2 Foundation felt they needed to do more for small cell patients. In addition to supporting research into sclc they felt that having a place specifically for small cell patients to share notes and ask questions was important.

It you are a sclc patient or caregiver and would like to participate there, as well as here, please join us. Click on the Communities icon. Click ‘Find Communities’. Find Small Cell Lung Cancer and join.

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It's good to see more focus on the different types and needs/characteristics.

One of the groups I'm involved with has recently developed a couple of special interest groups for healthcare professionals to look at some other types of malignancies often lumped in with lung cancer yet treatment can be different and variable as they don't fit the 'recommended 'national optimum lung cancer pathway. Let's hope the renewed focus will also lead to more research, trials and improved outcomes...

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I’ll pass that along.

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