Surgery for Lung Cancer: 100 Real Stories
100 stories match lung cancer and surgery. 47 of them mention chemotherapy.
Lung Cancer: Joyce’s Survivor Story
Joyce Chisar was 55 and training hard for a marathon when hip pain forced her to walk at mile 20. A few weeks later, she could run only about 100 feet before becoming short of breath and feeling uncomfortably full. A separate workup for severe abdominal…
Read this storyLung Cancer: David’s Survivor Story
David Sherman was 70, had never smoked and had already been treated for prostate cancer. Because both of his parents had died from lung cancer, he did not want to simply watch and wait when scans found tiny lung nodules. He wanted a clear diagnosis and, if…
Read this storyBRCA1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Nadine’s Survivor Story
Nadine Beech was 27, healthy and a non-smoker when she was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in 1997. After she started spitting up blood following a water-skiing accident, the problem was first treated as a bruised lung. Several doctors later, an 8…
Read this storyStage IV Lung Cancer: Bill’s Patient Story
Bill Smith had no symptoms when a routine preoperative physical in 2010 led his doctor to order a chest X-ray and refer him to a lung specialist. He was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. A full-body scan also found 2 tumors in his brain, and he had gamma…
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