Dr. Patil & patient advocate Lysa discuss ROS1 lung cancer – the importance of testing, targeted therapies, overcoming resistance, persistence, clinical trials, screening, and advocating for yourself.
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biomarker,
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Michel Weitz, an emergency room physician, was 49 years old when he was diagnosed with Stage 3B Non Small Cell Lung Cancer. He is hopeful that we can turn Lung Cancer into a chronic disease analogous to HIV/AIDS, which used to be a death sentence, but now with treatment is a chronic disease with a normal life span.
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ALK+,
biomarker testing,
clinical trials,
metastasis
The association of smoking and lung cancer has left people with lung cancer feeling blamed for their condition. David shares his story.
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advocacy,
smoking,
stigma,
surgery
Stage IV lung cancer survivor Virginia Purdy, using annual course of chemo to keep tumors from getting too large. Family and friends keep her laughing.
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chemotherapy,
non-smoker,
stage 4,
women
After feeling hopeless in the face of lung cancer, AJ Patel found strength and support in unexpected places. Today, AJ credits experiences throughout his lung cancer journey with creating the happier, fuller life he’s enjoyed since diagnosis.
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ROS1,
targeted therapy
In the fifteen years since Terry’s stage 3b lung cancer diagnosis, advances in both the understanding of and treatments available to lung cancer patients have made significant changes to a lung cancer diagnosis. Terry’s story is Hope in a nutshell.
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stage 3,
stigma
With being symptom free of lung cancer, avid runner James Hiter was shocked to receive the news that he had lung cancer.
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advocacy,
awareness,
diagnosis,
immunotherapy,
surgery
Terri had been experiencing symptoms of labored breathing and malaise for an entire summer. Read how her asthma diagnosis instead revealed lung cancer.
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chemotherapy,
NED,
radiation,
stage 3,
surgery
At 46, Julie Carr was diagnosed with lung cancer. Soon after, her father and sister were diagnosed. Julie advocates now for early detection.
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early detection
Listen to lung cancer conversations like “What does it feel like living with lung cancer day-to-day?” with lung cancer patient and nurse Gina Hollenbeck.
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diagnosis,
patient support
Hope with Answers