Small Cell Lung Cancer: Let's connect

Posted by Merry, Volunteer Mentor @merpreb, Jan 12, 2019

Most of the discussions about lung cancer has been about Non-small cell lung cancers. There are many sub-types of this that are included. But there is another type of lung cancer that needs to be discussed and that is Small Cell Lung Cancer. This aggressive form of lung cancer most commonly occurs in smokers. It usually starts in the breathing tubes (bronchi) and grows very quickly, creating large tumors and spreading (metastasizing) throughout the body.
Symptoms include bloody phlegm, cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath.
Treatment includes surgery (for small tumors) as well as chemotherapy, sometimes in combination with radiation therapy.
Lung cancers cells are sometimes classified by where they tend to grow.
There have been huge breakthroughs in lung cancer research of late.
Please join @margot69 and I in this new disussion.

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Lung Cancer Support Group.

Merry, Volunteer Mentor | @merpreb | Jan 11, 2020

@joangma- What a happy day for you! What will be your life now with follow ups!

joangma | @joangma | Jan 11, 2020

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they told me i will continue to get xrays of the lung for a few more months just to see thast the cancer is gone and, the area is shrunk up to a very small size. the U.W. WISCONSIN HOSPITAL IS DOING THIS EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED NEW LIFE.

Merry, Volunteer Mentor | @merpreb | Jan 12, 2020

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@joangma- You must feel like a new person. Might you tell your story, what exactly is the treatment like, the machine and side effects? This is a relatively new procedure here.

B &PopKorhn | @popkorhn | Jan 12, 2020

We saw a thoracic small cell specialist on Friday and Pop will start Chemotherapy with the 3 cocktail meds. They include : atezolizumab (Tecentriq), atopside (Toposar),and carboplatin (Paraplatin). He is treated with all on the first day, then less the other two days . He goes back in 3 weeks for 4 sessions. I would love to hear from anyone who has gone through small cell lung cancer which has metastasized.

joangma | @joangma | Jan 12, 2020

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sir- i went to u.w. wisconsin, hospital in madison, wi they have a new PET cancer machine i had 5 treatments of radiation , no chemo at all, my cancer is gone the pet machine is 1 of 3 in the world. that's where i would go period.

joangma | @joangma | Jan 12, 2020

In reply to @merpreb "@joangma- You must feel like a new person. Might you tell your story, what exactly is..." + (show)

treatment is easy you lay in a special mold for your body, the machine goes around your body to find the right angle to hit the cancer, and it zaps only the bad cells . what a rig. the only place to go for cancer, that place has the best in the world, period.