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The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

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hello i hope you can help, What is lressa treatment / which tumours can Lressae be used for .thank you.

•11 years ago

My mum was diagnosed with Lung Cancer a few months ago. The tumour affects her oesophagus so eating has been a bit of a struggle.

She can't eat meat, bread, potatoes or fish. If she eats any of the previously mentioned she brings it back..which also can come down her nose She can get...

She can't eat meat, bread, potatoes or fish. If she eats any of the previously ...

•11 years ago

Happy Easter

I wish all you lung cancer sufferers out there a Happy Easter. To all on Iressa I have now reached my 23mths.and I'm still going strong.. Exercise(if...

I wish all you lung cancer sufferers out there a Happy Easter. To all on Iressa...

•11 years ago

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Day of Reckoning

Today is the day we find out if mum's cancer has progressed and what the next step is on this tough journey. All we can hope for is that the cancer hasn't...

Today is the day we find out if mum's cancer has progressed and what the next st...

•11 years ago

Robert Lowe

Robert Lowe,A very special Lung Cancer Survivor, I have just received a phone call from Robert's daughter-in-law,Sarah, who passed on to me news I really...

Robert Lowe,A very special Lung Cancer Survivor, I have just received a phone c...

•11 years ago

We are looking for someone who is on a targeted therapy for lung cancer to share their experience for our new Living with Lung Cancer DVD.

Our Living with Lung Cancer DVD is currently being updated. We are looking for someone who is currently being treated for lung cancer with a targeted therapy...

Our Living with Lung Cancer DVD is currently being updated. We are looking for s...

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my name is carol i hope you can help

my husband has been diagnosed in Dec last year with lung cancer, he only has one lung because he had a op to remove his left lung when he was 18years old, he...

my husband has been diagnosed in Dec last year with lung cancer, he only has one...

•11 years ago

Group for those on Iressa

Has anyone out there, diagnosed at stage 4 EGFR positive treated with Iressa been given surgery, not in a curative way but as a possible way to extend the...

Has anyone out there, diagnosed at stage 4 EGFR positive treated with Iressa bee...

•11 years ago

Group for those being treated with Iressa

Has anyone out there, diagnosed at stage 4 EGFR positive treated with Iressa been given surgery, not in a curative way but as a possible way to extend the...

Has anyone out there, diagnosed at stage 4 EGFR positive treated with Iressa bee...

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is it true that you can only have four cycle of chemotherapy for lung cancer

•11 years ago

Next step

Mum had her scan on Friday and has an appointment on 21st to see the consultant. This is the next step on this journey. She finished chemo on 18th December and...

Mum had her scan on Friday and has an appointment on 21st to see the consultant....

•11 years ago

Iressa and continuity in the NHS.

NHS doctors generally do not appear to understand the importance of continuity of contact in treating long term patients. In the first 8 months of my...

NHS doctors generally do not appear to understand the importance of continuity o...

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Advice about lung cancer

Hi, my dad has terminal lung cancer. He has had chemo and radiotherapy which finished in Dec 2012.He was taken into hospital last week with a chest infection...

Hi, my dad has terminal lung cancer. He has had chemo and radiotherapy which fin...

•11 years ago

This is a question for all Iressa users

I have been on Iressa for 7 months now with no change in size to my tumour, but most of the blogs I read state a reduction in size of the tumour, is anybody...

I have been on Iressa for 7 months now with no change in size to my tumour, but ...

•11 years ago

Dressage

Hello, Roger, my son,who is 47 and is living with me, was in August 2012 diagnosed with Stage 4 non operable lung cancer. The spread is to lymph nodes and...

Hello, Roger, my son,who is 47 and is living with me, was in August 2012 diagno...

•11 years ago

does a shadow on lung mean cancer

•11 years ago

Group for those being treated with iressa

hello, following interest from a number of users we agreed to set up this thread. The idea is it provides a location for people to share experience if they...

hello, following interest from a number of users we agreed to set up this thr...

Partner•11 years ago