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The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

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Hi all , my dad's recent X-Ray has shown a lot of scarring and a shadow on his left lung , how quickly will he be seen ?

•11 years ago

Tarceva/Erlotinib side effect

Good morning all My husband, Brian, is not coping well with the rash, finds it very irritating and is having problems sleeping. He is using the steroid cream...

Good morning all My husband, Brian, is not coping well with the rash, finds it v...

•11 years ago

Being admitted into hospital

I was unable to have my third round of chemo therapy due to an infection. The infection is now being treated. An X-ray showed that a lot was going on in my...

I was unable to have my third round of chemo therapy due to an infection. The in...

•11 years ago

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hi i had lung cancer about two years now iam clear now but I have to keep going up the doctors as I keep have whith my chest pains in it

•11 years ago

Does any suffer with continuous chest infections and any tips how to help clear it up, I can't seem to get rid of mine.

i am on my third round of anti-biotics and nearing the end of this treatment and sure it's not working again. On iressa at rhe moment and that seems to be...

i am on my third round of anti-biotics and nearing the end of this treatment and...

•11 years ago

Why do they not want to give me radiotherapy?

Having had 6 cycles of chemotherapy my tumour has shrunk down to about 3cm. I also have some cancer in the lymph nodes on my other lung, which was the reason I...

Having had 6 cycles of chemotherapy my tumour has shrunk down to about 3cm. I al...

•11 years ago

Squamous cell T4 N13A - Anyone going through the same, survival rates?

I have just finished my first cycle of chemotherapy, am to have another - then concurrent chemo/radiotherapy. (2 more chemo's) Is there anyone who can give me...

I have just finished my first cycle of chemotherapy, am to have another - then c...

•11 years ago

Does anyone have any experience of lung draining?

Several months ago I had an operation to insert a lung drain into my chest cavity as my lung kept filling with fluid. I have been draining this fluid every...

Several months ago I had an operation to insert a lung drain into my chest cavit...

•11 years ago

Any experience of Docetaxol.

Couldn't undergo round 5 of Carbo/Pemetrexed today as platelets slightly low (84) but not low enough to have blood transfusion, so it was decided to leave it...

Couldn't undergo round 5 of Carbo/Pemetrexed today as platelets slightly low (84...

•11 years ago

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Has anyone suffered with acid reflux after VATS???

•11 years ago

Had VATS approx 7 weeks ago. T1 No Mo which was great news. but .....

saw thoracic consultant today who said when i had my original PET which lit up the turmour on right lung a smaller nodule was seen in left lung which did not...

saw thoracic consultant today who said when i had my original PET which lit up t...

•11 years ago

Hi to any that can help, new to this site. Does anyone know the success rate of Iressa, compared to Tarceva or they much the same/

•11 years ago

Ken has made his mind up

he is going to have chemotherapy he got to see the doctor on the 3/9/13 he is still worrying about the side affects but he will try anything to give him more...

he is going to have chemotherapy he got to see the doctor on the 3/9/13 he is s...

•11 years ago