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The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

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Hi , I'm Laura I'm 35 ...I'm hoping for some advice I hope my question does not offend anyone as that's not intended.

I woke up around 9 weeks ago with a deep ache in my shoulder that hasn't went away it travels down my arm into my thumb and fore finger my Gp thinks I have...

I woke up around 9 weeks ago with a deep ache in my shoulder that hasn't went aw...

•12 years ago

Not such good news today

Well today I have been told that the drug I am taking, Iressa, has stopped working and the tumour has started to grow again. Reading the posts on here I had...

Well today I have been told that the drug I am taking, Iressa, has stopped worki...

•12 years ago

Contact group for Iressa patients

As a stage 4 lung cancer patient being treated with the drug Iressa I'm feeling rather isolated because there are so few of us and we live so far apart. I...

As a stage 4 lung cancer patient being treated with the drug Iressa I'm feeling ...

•12 years ago

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Would you like to help the Roy Castle Information Team by reviewing our "Lung Cancer - A practical guide to breathlessness" booklet?

Our booklet “Lung Cancer – A practical guide to breathlessness” is being reviewed and updated. As part of this review, we want to ensure that our information...

Our booklet “Lung Cancer – A practical guide to breathlessness” is being reviewe...

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Roy Castle•12 years ago

Living with lung cancer

My husband was diagnosed with lclc 3 years ago. He died just before Xmas. He never spoke about his illness but chose to live as normal a life as possible....

My husband was diagnosed with lclc 3 years ago. He died just before Xmas. He n...

•12 years ago

We are currently producing a new type of information called a patient decision aid and need your help.

This information will be in factsheet format and is designed to help people who have had successful lung cancer surgery decide whether or not to have...

This information will be in factsheet format and is designed to help people who ...

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Roy Castle•12 years ago

can lung cancer be heriditary ?

•12 years ago

SOMETIMES WISHES COME TRUE

After rapidly losing two and a half stones I was eventually diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in September 2012 (four tumours). Sadly, I have been unable to...

After rapidly losing two and a half stones I was eventually diagnosed with oesop...

•12 years ago

could some please tell me if live whith someone who smokers and will not stop what to do about it

hi i live whith some one who smokers and i had lung cencer two years a go and he will not stop smoking what do i do as am allways down the doctors whith pains...

hi i live whith some one who smokers and i had lung cencer two years a go and he...

•12 years ago

FEMALE SMOKERS RISKS RISE DRAMATICALLY

Female smokers have a much greater risk from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) than female smokers 20 or 40 years ago, which reflect...

Female smokers have a much greater risk from lung cancer and chronic obstructive...

•12 years ago

Do you have any helpful "Hints and Tips" for people living with lung cancer?

We are in the process of compiling the Spring/Summer "Inspire" magazine and are looking for suggestions for our "hints and Tips" section on living with lung...

We are in the process of compiling the Spring/Summer "Inspire" magazine and are ...

•12 years ago

Can anyone help with info about private treatment?

Hi all my husband has secondaries in his remaining lung and has been told there is no treatment he could have. We have asked to see someone privately but were...

Hi all my husband has secondaries in his remaining lung and has been told there ...

•12 years ago

HOW NON-SMOKERS GET LUNG CANCER

The first global study into the effects of passive smoking estimated it causes 600,000 respiratory deaths every year and one third of those killed are children...

The first global study into the effects of passive smoking estimated it causes 6...

•12 years ago

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Just a quick update

I have just had my latest scan results, much earlier than expected. My November scan showed progression of the main tumour. It had gone from 11cms to collapsed...

I have just had my latest scan results, much earlier than expected. My November ...

•12 years ago

Doctors barred from using new cancer treatment equipment

NHS bosses argue that a hospital's unused new £3m Cyberknife technology may not work. If the government...

NHS bosses argue that a hospital's unused new £3m Cyberknife technology may not ...

•12 years ago

I'm on TV! Thanks BBC

After 20 months of endless campaigning to raise awareness for lung Cancer, I have finally got my slot on national TV. I had written to Daybreak, Lorraine,...

After 20 months of endless campaigning to raise awareness for lung Cancer, I ha...

•12 years ago

should I be on a Maintance programme?

Hi, Diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer in June 2010, tumour in right lung, Intense treatment of Chemotherapy and radiotherapy which reduced tumour by...

Hi, Diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer in June 2010, tumour in right l...

•12 years ago

Saw my oncologist yesterday.

Saw my oncologist yesterday, and was told my blood works are still very good. My next scan is on 18th march and I get the results on the 22nd. So not so long...

Saw my oncologist yesterday, and was told my blood works are still very good. My...

•12 years ago

Hi waiting for a PET/CT scan as was diagnosed with nsclc adenocarcinoma last wednesday.The waiting is a nightmare.....

•12 years ago

New-latest- updated-exercise-guidelines-for-cancer-survivors

Survivors may soon get their very own exercise prescription, following new guidelines presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual...

Survivors may soon get their very own exercise prescription, following new guide...

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CHEMO PILLS ARE EFFECTIVE (But patients skip doses)

Some patients have trouble taking chemo pills. More than 40 percent of patients took the wrong number of pills or skipped doses altogether. They noted severe...

Some patients have trouble taking chemo pills. More than 40 percent of patients ...

•12 years ago