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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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I was diagnosed with limited SCLC on 6/21/2022. I started treatment on 7/25/20022 and completed 4 cycles of carboplatin and etoposide as wee as 33 radiation. After the 4th series of carboplatin/ etoposide + 10 radiation treatments,my peripheral neuropathy symptoms were worse than after previous infusions when symptoms diminished with time. It has been three weeks after completion and the symptoms have not subsided. In addition, I now have significant shortness of breath with minimal exertion. Is this a normal consequence of the treatment? What can help mitigate these symptoms. Should I notify my treating physician at this time? Any and all recommendations are welcome.
Timothy T.
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1 ReactionHello Timothy! My name is Dee. I was diagnosed limited in July 2021. NED at present soon to scan again praying still same. I have finished treatments in October last year and still have some shortness of breath. I had horrible neuropathy for which I was prescribed Neurontin. Not liking the way it made me feel I just suffered it out. My neuropathy slowly started to subside and everything seems to be back to normal. If your shortness of breath continues to bother you tell your oncologist. They have pulmonary therapy and other things to help. I’m sorry you are going through this but we caught our cancer early so we will have a better outcome. Hugs talk anytime you need.
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1 ReactionJust finished my 10 sessions of preventative brain radiation. I had no problems. So glad it is over with though.
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1 ReactionI was diagnosed with sclc stage 1, then 6 months later I was diagnosed with brain cancer. Now, two years later I was diagnosed with liver cancer. I’m very depressed.
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1 ReactionI’m not exactly in the same boat, but I also had sclc, a few months later it went to my brain. This was in 2020 & 2022. Living life in 3 month increments is not fun. I had a seizure, then they removed the tumor in my brain. That was a year ago. Now they just found a lesion in my liver.
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2 ReactionsI’m so sorry to hear this. Are you taking immunotherapy?
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1 ReactionIs it working?
Was anyone treated at Moffit for lung cancer
Welcome @amatics. I believe fellow lung cancer members @remi @popkorhn @dedehans @cwm1 @shamrock5jeg @seaspray have experience with treatment at Moffit.
Amatics, do you have small cell lung cancer?