Small Cell Lung Cancer: Let's connect

Posted by Merry, Alumni 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.

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

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@merpreb

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

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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.

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@joangma

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.

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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.

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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.

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@popkorhn

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.

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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.

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@merpreb

@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.

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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.

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@joangma

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.

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Thank 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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@joangma

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.

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My husband has multiple sites and very aggressive small cell.

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@joangma

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.

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That had to a non small cancer. A much more treatable Cancer.

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@lady1lake

Margot, I was given carboplatin & etoposide chemo combination for SCLC. I was never nauseated. My oncologist did give me a prescription for nausea, but I never had to take it. Hope & pray that you are able to tolerate whatever chemo they prescribe for you because SCLC does respond well to chemo.

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How are you doing currently? My husband was just diagnosed.

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