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Radiation Treatment for Lung Cancer

When is Radiation Used for Lung Cancer? The type of radiation treatment for lung cancer depends on many of your personal factors, including: The type of lung cancer The size and location the tumor How close the tumor is...
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What Happens After Radiation Treatment for Lung Cancer: Missy Petersen’s Story

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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Terri Conneran’s Diagnosis Journey: Asthma or Lung Cancer

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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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

How EGFR Mutation Testing Gave Amy Hope

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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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

From Four Lung Cancer Diagnoses to No Evidence of Disease (NED): Ginny Hamlin’s Story

In 2007 Ginny Hamlin was diagnosed with lung cancer. In the ensuing fourteen years, she would be diagnosed three more times. It all started with a simple observation: Ginny, a walker/runner noticed that, around mile 5, she was winded....
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

From a Cough to Lung Cancer: Michele Running is Exercising Her Way Through Lung Cancer Treatment

In the summer of 2017, Michele Running’s daughter was working as an au pair in Barcelona. Always up for an adventure, Michele hopped over for a visit. While she was there, she developed a cough and was unusually winded...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

From Uncertain Lung Cancer Test Results to Immunotherapy: Sandy’s Story

Inconclusive Lung Cancer Test Results For Sandy Spears, the road to a lung cancer diagnosis was head-spinning: simultaneously moving at warp speed and in slow motion. In November, Sandy was so short of breath she was unable to speak....
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

Montessa Lee’s Small Cell Lung Cancer Story

28-Year-Old Faces Small Cell Lung Cancer Diagnosis Back in 2006, special education teacher Montessa Lee didn’t think too much about the intermittent pain she was experiencing in her chest. It wasn’t until her cousin insisted, in fact, that she...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

Exercising Accident Scan Detects Lung Cancer: Frank’s Story

Lung Cancer Diagnosis After Cycling Accident Falling off your bike can actually save your life. So goes the story of Frank Noll’s lung cancer diagnosis. Frank, an avid runner, hiker, and biker passionate about exercise, was on a training...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

Finding Her Voice After a Cancer Diagnosis | Marla Celeri’s Story

Trusting Her Gut Emergency room case manager and nurse Marla Celeri had been struggling with a runny nose, persistent cough, rapid breathing and a hoarse voice for six months. Unable to speak above a whisper, Marla checked in to...
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03/9
2023

Keytruda Meets Trial Goals for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment

In the phase 3 KEYNOTE-671 trial evaluating Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as preoperative treatment (a regimen given before and after surgier) in patients with resectable stage 2, 3a or 3b non-small cell lung cancer has met one of its primary e…

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