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Can a CT scan without contrast detect lung cancer?

Hello. The last year i started to experiencing symptomps like persistent dry cough, mucus, back chest pain and tightness only in a small portion of my right...

Hello. The last year i started to experiencing symptomps like persistent dry cou...

•3 years ago

Lung Cancer Stage 4

On 18.01.20 my Dad received his first immunotherapy treatment for stage 4 lung cancer which has metastasised. On 19.01.20 my Dad received a blood transfusion,...

On 18.01.20 my Dad received his first immunotherapy treatment for stage 4 lung c...

•3 years ago

Take action: Coronavirus and lung cancer

TAKE ACTION! Tell the CDC that lung cancer patients and survivors need to be placed in Tier 1b to receive a COVID-19 vaccine ASAP. Comments are due by January...

TAKE ACTION! Tell the CDC that lung cancer patients and survivors need to be pla...

Partner•3 years ago

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New hope for sclc

I don’t know if this has been shared already....

I don’t know if this has been shared already....

Moderator•3 years ago

Husband's treatment

My husband had a recurrence of his lung cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. He completed phase 1 which consisted of 30 radiation treatments and 6...

My husband had a recurrence of his lung cancer and is currently undergoing treat...

•3 years ago

NCCN released COVID vaccine guidelines for people with cancer

Here is the link to read the NCCN guidelines giving the vaccine to patients with cancer:...

Here is the link to read the NCCN guidelines giving the vaccine to patients with...

Partner•3 years ago

If you missed the Living Room on the COVID -19 vaccine and lung cancer

You can watch the recorded version of last night's Lung Cancer Living Room on the COVID-19 vaccine here: https://youtu.be/vj7lI-zsI9U

You can watch the recorded version of last night's Lung Cancer Living Room on th...

Partner•3 years ago

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Has anyone received the Covid-19 Vaccine while taking Immunotherapy?

Fellow cancer patients, I have been very concerned about how my immunotherapy (Opdivo/nivolumab) might affect my body’s response to the Covid-19 vaccine....

Fellow cancer patients, I have been very concerned about how my immunotherapy (O...

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•3 years ago

What next?

Treatment discontinued: no longer working No current trials available for me Seeing the consultant next week, he has more ideas - he says Stuck shielding...

Treatment discontinued: no longer working No current trials available for me See...

•3 years ago

Got my first covid shot today

It wasn’t bad at all and I hate shots. Been terrified by them all my life. 3.5 hours and no side effects. We have the Pfizer vaccine. True story, the...

It wasn’t bad at all and I hate shots. Been terrified by them all my life. 3.5...

Moderator•3 years ago

Positive news.

My dad (52, non-smoker) was diagnosed with NSCLC Advanced stage with distant metastasis to his right femur (thigh) and collar bone. In October 2020, he started...

My dad (52, non-smoker) was diagnosed with NSCLC Advanced stage with distant met...

•3 years ago

Stage 4 central mediastinal mass

After a lobectomy 3 years ago, I now have a stage 4 central mediastinal mass. No reoccurrence in the lung or spread to other organs. I have been told that...

After a lobectomy 3 years ago, I now have a stage 4 central mediastinal mass. N...

•3 years ago

Lung lobectomy - waiting for lymph node biopsy and feeling anxious

Hi! My mum was found with a ground glass nodule about a year ago and after many scans went in for a VATS wedge section to remove the nodule in November. The...

Hi! My mum was found with a ground glass nodule about a year ago and after many ...

•3 years ago