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Small Cell Lung Cancer: Let's connect
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.
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yes it was in my lung, all gone now thanks to u.w. hospital madison, wi
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1 ReactionHow are you going now? My husband was diagnosed with SC SCLC I recently.
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1 ReactionHow are you doing currently? My husband was just diagnosed.
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1 ReactionThat had to a non small cancer. A much more treatable Cancer.
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1 ReactionMy husband has multiple sites and very aggressive small cell.
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1 ReactionThank you for sharing and speaking up! We need more survivors like you. It’s difficult at best to go up against lung disease. Bravo to you.
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1 Reactiontreatment 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.
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2 Reactionssir- 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.
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2 ReactionsWe 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.
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1 Reaction@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.