Lung cancer treatments have come a long way over the past couple of decades. Ongoing research has led to new medications and treatment protocols. Years ago, a stage IV lung cancer diagnosis was often considered a death sentence. Not
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Sometimes the best treatment for a specific person’s lung cancer ends up to be surgery. For Mo, that was a Wedge Resection surgery. With all thanks to an annual Shenanigans Shuttle - a party bus celebrating both St. Patrick’s
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Twenty years ago, Amie Hyman was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was fortunate that it was caught early. Her treatment plan consisted of chemotherapy, radiation, and a course of Tamoxifen. In August, 2017, her battle with breast cancer was
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A car accident when she was just 34 years old quite possibly saved Yovana Maria Portillo’s life. Many times, lung cancer symptoms do not appear in the early stages of lung cancer. Instead, most lung cancers are diagnosed in
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In November, 2018, Carol Brickell - along with her husband and co-workers - developed a cough. It was winter, everyone around her was coughing and, for a while, she didn’t think much of it. When the cough persisted, however,
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Toward the end of 2015, Tabitha Paccione developed a cough. Because she was a first grade teacher, and first-grade students tend to be little petri dishes, she - and her doctor - assumed it was just a cold. The
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How An Experimental MET Inhibitor Saved Laura Greco’s Life A freak car accident – one that, by all rights, should have killed her – might have saved Laura Greco’s life. While driving home with her then six-year-old son from
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Like many other lung cancer patients, Terri Conneran’s road to diagnosis did not follow a direct route. For the entire summer leading up to her diagnosis in January 2017, she’d been under the weather. First she was told her
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But for the intense morning sickness and utter exhaustion, Jennifer Frazier’s third pregnancy was unremarkable. Following a c-section delivery, she felt great. A dull pain in her left flank, though annoying was hardly a great concern. Two months later,
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More Than Just “Female Problems” In May 2016, Amy Hollifield was 45 years old and having “female problems.” A visit to her gynecologist yielded a suggestion that she have a hysterectomy...and a prescription for an antidepressant. She didn’t know
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