Experiences with

Non-small-cell lung carcinoma

Monotherapy for the adjuvant (after surgery) treatment of adults with non-small cell lung carcinoma who are at high risk of recurrence following complete resection and platinum-based chemotherapy.

I wanted to see if I was eligible for a free Covid test, just out of curiosity, not because I have it. It's quite a mission to find out the criteria but I finally tracked it down on the NICE website. It doesn't make for good reading, you'll have to be seriously ill before you don't have to pay for

I need to know whether to continue taking algae-based calcium, with Vit. D and K for osteopenia. I was diagnosed a few years ago. I can't get much calcium from my diet because I can't stand milk or yogurt at all. I do eat a fairly healthy diet though still working on it. I do exercise but less than I

hi everyone, I’m new today so forgive me if something like this has been on plenty times before. A couple of months ago I was diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia, luckily I didn’t need to stay in hospital. I went back for another chest x-ray and the dr has said it hasn’t cleared up as much as was expected

We are looking for anyone who would be willing to share their experience of the NTRK fusion positive mutation (Neurotrophic tropomyosin receptor kinase ) who are living within the UK. As this is a rare mutation, where less than 1% have this; it is important to capture how this directly affects the person

Hi I now have Bronchiectasis on the back of Pulmonary Fibrosis. Consequently I’ve had chest infections this winter which I haven’t really had before. I have a consultation coming up with my hospital consultant in a couple of weeks & knowing there are many on here with greater experience just wondering

Amivantamab (Rybrevant) in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed, will shortly be assessed by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for use in NHS Scotland. The indication that this medicine will be assessed under is, for the” first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced non-small

Hi everyone! I’m an undergraduate senior psychology student, and I'm conducting a research study to explore the neuropsychological experiences of solid organ transplant recipients. I'm a kidney transplant recipient myself. If you've had a kidney, liver, heart, or lung transplant, your participation would

Share your experience of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer - Have you had surgery or radiotherapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer within the past year? - Did you have you cancer treatment in England? - Are you available to take part in a 1-hour interview online, by phone or in person

Hi everyone! I’m an undergraduate senior psychology student, and I'm conducting a research study to explore the neuropsychological experiences of solid organ transplant recipients. I'm a kidney transplant recipient myself. If you've had a kidney, liver, heart, or lung transplant, your participation would

I had bilobectomey to remove stage3 a lung cancer. Surgery was a great success. All lung cancer removed. Surgery lasted 8.5 hours. Out of 17 samples removed, 16 dead. Did not regrow in dish. One the cancer source did. Grew to 2mm. Hence Plan on doing keytruda for a year. To kill any remaining micro

hello all, I am new here, having had a lung Lobectomy for a typical carcinoid tumour a month ago. My diagnosis was a bit disjointed- I am lucky enough to have private health insurance through my job, so I was seeing a colorectal consultant privately for bowel symptoms- a CT scan showed a lung nodule

Hi everyone I posted recently about Monteklast which helped at night with coughing but still coughing in day and I won’t be staying on it because of side effects. Wednesday I had a chest X ray and my Doctor phoned last night and now I have to have a CT scan as they have found a 13 mm nodule in my

Hello,I was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer 13months ago .Luckily it is treatable.everything is going ok. But my mental health is really bad at the moment .what I really need is a positivity group ,with people that are going through the same

UPDATE We have the results back, hubby has T1cN1M1c adenocarcinoma, EGFR mutation and positive for EXON 19 so without treatment 12 months to live, , with the treatment apparently 2/3 years to live on averages, I’m heartbroken 😢 I’ve been strong since this started at Christmas but it’s hit me really

Hello, First post, not sure what to write really but I figure "hello" is a good start. I'm 59M. You never have to ask a Yorkshireman where he's from... 'cos he's already told you ;) I have lung cancer that has metastasised to my liver, just diagnosed last month. Had a bad cough in November (didn't

Osimertinib (Tagrisso) in combination with pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy will shortly be assessed by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for use in NHS Scotland The indication this medicine will be assessed under is for the first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced

bronchitis since a child Lung surgery at 13

further to my previous post, I’ve had my results and the cancer has returned to my lung but, i was given the positive news that I’ve been referred to The Christie hospital for chemotherapy and maybe immunotherapy. Sounds a bit daunting but im determined to give this my “all”. Got to build myself up,

Alectinib hydrochloride (Alecensa) will shortly be assessed by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for use in NHS Scotland The indication this medicine will be assessed under is: “Monotherapy as adjuvant treatment for adult patients with Stage IB (tumours ≥ 4cm) to IIIA (7th edition of the UICC/