Lung Cancer: Felipe's Patient Story

Patient Info: Felipe, male, 60s

Felipe has moved beyond surgery and continues regular surveillance scans while rebuilding his health and life after treatment.

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Balance After Cancer - Is it Even Possible? (Part 1 of 2)

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 70+ | Stage III

At age 72, the patient was 5 years beyond lung surgery, breathing normally with one lung and described as in remission. A separate 2-year history of prostate cancer was asymptomatic and also described as in remission.

Stage II KRAS Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Camila's Patient Story

Patient Info: Camila Bermúdez García, Female, Under 40 | Stage II

Biomarkers: KRAS mutation

Camila is preparing to apply to medical school and advocates for young adults affected by lung cancer in Puerto Rico while continuing to process the effects of diagnosis and treatment.

Stage IV Lung Cancer: Michael's Patient Story

Patient Info: Michael O’Donnell, Male | Stage IV

More than 5 years after a Stage IV diagnosis, Michael remained on immunotherapy with disease controlled to his and his doctor’s satisfaction and scans every 3 months to watch for growth.

Stage IV EGFR Lung Cancer: Marnie's Patient Story

Patient Info: Marnie Clark, Female | Stage IV

Biomarkers: EGFR-positive

Metastatic Site: brain

Two years after diagnosis, Marnie reported that the brain tumor was gone, her leg was almost back to normal, and her first targeted medication continued to control the lung cancer.

Katie's Marathon: 25% Less Lung and 25% More Heart

Patient Info: Katie, Female, Under 40

After a lobectomy for neuroendocrine lung cancer diagnosed during pregnancy, Katie was described as a lung-cancer survivor and later completed the Paris Marathon.

Stage I Lung Adenocarcinoma: Julie's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Julie Jones, Female, 50s | Stage I

Julie resumed walking the day after VATS and completed a half marathon 53 days after surgery, finishing about 10 minutes slower than before surgery.

Stage IV Lung Cancer: Mary's Patient Story

Patient Info: Mary Lynn Moser, Female | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: brain

Mary Lynn wrote this message before her death after nearly 10 years with lung cancer and more than 5 years with brain metastases, while receiving aggressive immunotherapy and chemotherapy.

Lung Cancer: Randi's Patient Story

Patient Info: Randi Young, Female, 70+

At age 70, Randi was living with lung cancer after lobectomy and while taking targeted therapy, and she continued skiing, jogging, and solo backpacking while completing an 11-mile event.

Lung Cancer: Katie's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Katie Gilmore, Female

Katie recovered from successful surgery without chemotherapy or radiation and was training for her first marathon, scheduled for April 13, 2025.

Stage IV EGFR Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Valerie's Patient Story

Patient Info: Valerie Brown, Female, 40s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: EGFR exon 19 deletion

Valerie was stable for more than 20 months on targeted therapy for Stage IV EGFR exon 19-deleted lung adenocarcinoma.

Putting Patients in the Center: Celebrating a Winning Cancer Care Team

Patient Info: Jill, Female

Jill continued working with a multidisciplinary lung-cancer team while advocating for care organized around each patient’s family, goals, and emotional well-being.

The Pervasive Stigma Associated With Lung Cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized

Biomarkers: EGFR exon 19 deletion

After right upper lobectomy and chemotherapy, the patient continued a daily targeted-therapy tablet for EGFR exon 19-deleted lung adenocarcinoma.

Stage IV ALK Lung Cancer: Frank's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Frank Sierawski, Male | Stage IV

Biomarkers: ALK-positive

Frank was disease-free for more than 7 years while continuing his second ALK-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor after lobectomy and brain radiation.

Lung Cancer: Martine's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Martine, Female, 60s

Martine was 66 and retired when she shared her lung cancer story; after chemotherapy, right lung lobectomy, and more chemotherapy, she was in remission and rebuilding an active life.

Lung Cancer: Liz's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Liz, Female, 40s

Liz’s localized lung cancer was treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and 6 weeks of radiotherapy; by January 2016 her follow-up assessment was clear.

Aggressive lung cancer with bone metastases and concurrent localized breast cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: Bone: skull, spine, clavicle

The patient was still receiving carboplatin and Taxol for aggressive lung cancer with bone metastases, while her caregiver reported rapid clinical improvement, pain relief, disappearance of a visible forehead metastasis, and 1 cm reduction in a concurrent localized breast tumor.

Lung Cancer: Katia's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Katia, Female, 40s

Katia had a cancerous lung nodule removed with partial left lung surgery in January 2015 and continued yearly imaging surveillance afterward.

Lung Cancer: Liz's Patient Story

Patient Info: Liz, Female

Jacques described Liz in her first year of recovery after lung cancer treatment that involved surgery and chemotherapy, with the couple beginning a new phase of life afterward.

Lung Cancer: Julie's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Julie, Female, 70+

Julie had early-stage localized lung cancer without metastases, underwent right upper-lobe lobectomy and 6 chemotherapy treatments, and was told in October 2017 that she was in complete remission.

Lung Cancer: Carole's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Carole, Female, 70+

Carole’s mother was treated for lung cancer with lobectomy and chemotherapy and was later described as being in remission, active, exercising, and traveling.

Stage IV Lung Cancer: Thierry's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Thierry, Male, 50s | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: Brain

Thierry had lung cancer with a brain metastasis treated with urgent brain surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and lung tumor surgery; later he lived under close surveillance after seizures and treatment-related recovery.

Stage IB lung cancer treated with left upper lobe resection and postoperative recovery story

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female | Stage I

After Stage IB lung cancer was treated with left upper lobe resection, she focused on recovery from significant postoperative pain; by about 2 months after surgery, the pain had greatly improved and she felt hopeful about regaining strength.

Stage IV Lung Cancer: Karen's Patient Story

Patient Info: Karen, Female, 40s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: Rare mutation affecting about 3% of lung cancer patients; mutation not named

Metastatic Site: Rib/bone involvement reported through recurrent tumor…

More than 8 years after initial Stage II lung cancer, Karen had a Stage IV recurrence requiring removal of a tumor and 2 ribs; she remained active and hopeful, but ongoing targeted treatment is not specifically stated.

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