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Anyone had Pleural Effusion with lung cancer? How was it treated?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jul 13, 2023 | Replies (37)
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@hlolson

I totally understand how painful pleural effusions are; I pray it can be resolved quickly with just a thoracentesis. Mine, unfortunately was from non small cell lung cancer; but once I started oral
chemo with; Crizotinib(Xalkori) the pain resolved. I hope you get positive answers soon. HLO

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Lisa, Volunteer Mentor | @lls8000 | Jul 11, 2023

Hi @hlolson, I'm glad the crizotinib is helping! If you don't mind sharing, is your cancer caused by the ALK gene mutation?

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