Non-small-cell lung carcinoma ( NSCLC ) is any type of epithelial lung cancer other than small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). As a class, NSCLCs are relatively insensitive to chemotherapy , compared to small cell carcinoma. When possible, they are primarily treated by surgical resection with curative intent, although chemotherapy is increasingly being used both pre-operatively ( neoadjuvant chemotherapy ) and post-operatively ( adjuvant chemotherapy ).
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i am 24 yrs old .....i have had an abortion about a yr ago and a misscarriage about three months ago i just found out i have low grade squamous interpathieal onmycervix is there a chance i can have a safe preganacy??? or what can i take to make my...
my dad is suffering lever, gallbladder, and lung cancer since sept 2011, he is 58 yrs, weight 50 kg, there is no benefits from chemotherapy (Kamala Neheru Memorial hospital Allahabad), now he is very weak, there is ascites fluid as well, doctors...
My father is suffering from lung cancer, stage 4 as it is metastasized to brain.
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My dad just passed away Dec. 22, 2011 from small cell lung cancer at the age of 65 as well as his 4 other siblings and his father who passed from throat cancer and 1 of those siblings died from throat the remaining small cell lung all in their...
Hi my wife has been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. She has had two rounds of Chemo and is due for the third round tomorrow. She has had few side effects so far. The next step in the treatment is radiation. I...
does a normal wbc in a small cell lung cancer patient (after chemo and PCI treatment) have any significance?
My brother has stage 4 NSCLC and cardiomyopathy, he has had 3 sessions of radiation and no chemotherapy as yet his doctors have not told him how long he may have. Can you give an estimate please. He lives in Canada...
Yes, my sister found out she had large cell lung cancer six months ago. Because of a weak heart she was unable to have the tumor removed. The tumor is not in her lung but attached to her vertabra. she was started on a very strong dose of chemo and...
This mi friend wife report age 30 yrs, she has small tumor in lungs, test has been done, report details has been uploaded, please details of this report and please know me anything related to cancer, she is been very afraid of this.
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there are changes related to prior surgical resection in the left side of tongue .An ill-defined enhancing area is noted in the left side of the floor of the mouth and left mylohyoid and left belly of digastric. this could represent post surgical / post radiotherapy change or a residual / recurrent disease. a short term imaging follow up is...
My husband has NSCLC adenocarcinoma ,non smoker ,since october 2009 after chemo trapy and maintanence on Tarceva (for 28 month) recently has developed new lession (only one in left lung) for which he had SBRT with true beam .total radiation was 54 GY I THREE FRACTION,now after two weeks he still has fever ,shivering (on -off,not continous ) and...
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Sir, Good after noon One of my relative 60 yrs aged is suffering from small cell lung cancer spreaded to brain . Pl suggest where to go for treatment. is it cureable ?
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Hi DR Samuel Grief, i would like to brief you shortly about my mother s cancer. She was diagnosed with periampullary adenocarcinoma last january 2012, she had two cycles of chemo, 1st with gemzar and xeloda and the 2nd treatment with gemzar and oxaliplatin. She had her petscan last november and was declared petscan negative. No chemo since then....
Hi I was diagnos with third nerve palsy with pupil involvement, I was just wondering how long is going to last. It s been 5 months now. I had pituitary tumor resection 4 years ago and one dose of gamma knife radiation . Neurosurgeon and neuro opthamologist is not agreeing on the cause. My neuroopthamologist said it was a side effect of radiation...
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sir my father is 51 yrs old male presented with c/pain chest, hemotysis since 2 month. outside biopsy was s/o adenocarcinoma . PET CT showed metabolically active right lung mass with pleural, left lung nodules, lymphnodal and bony involvement. Bronchoscopy: carina- broadened and infiltrated with marked necrosis and soughing on both side. Right...
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My uncle has small cell lung cancer with 7 metastasis to the brain. What would be the best treatment options for him? My mother just passed away from small cell lung cancer. She received radiation and chemotherapy which come to find out she was resistant to the chemotherapy. So there for I don t have much faith in chemotherapy. I do understand...
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My grandmother was diagnosed in June with terminal non small cell lung cancer . The cancer had spread to her liver , lymphatic system , and she also had a small lesion in her hip. We were told she had about 3 months to live; four months max. Here we are six months later. Her health had declined as expected, but for the past week, she s been...
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Hi my mum has been ill for one year or more with chest infections and has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer which has travelled to her wind pipe and liver she used to be a smoker. would i be right in saying she may have had this developing for at least a year would i be right in saying its possibly small cell lung cancer and its probably...
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my sister has small cell lung cancer that has metatasized to her liver she has had chemo tx 2 times and just completed 5 weeks of radiation she is having side pain and abdominal swelling and weeping edema in her lower extremities my question is: what can be done about this and is this mean that the cancer has progressed to the end stage
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