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@mimicmckay, what a gut punch to find a second primary cancer as an incidental finding. When will you have surgery?

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Surgery date tbd. The surgeon wants to make sure my lung cancer is stable for several months on maintenance Pemetrexid (every 6 weeks) which I just started. My oncologist did agree to start me on Gleevec though. *Has anyone been on both Gleevec and Tagrisso? I’ve also just started losing a TON of hair. I did cold capping with 4 cycles of Carboplatin + Pemetrexid and hardly lost any hair. I was told I no longer needed to cold cap with Pemetrexid only. But now I’m wondering if I should continue with cold capping. Or could it be the cumulative effect of chemo and daily Tagrisso?? *Did any of you notice worsening side effects or hair loss the further you got into treatment?