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Carla’s father had previously survived Stage III lung cancer. During a later medical consultation, doctors found an early-stage prostate cancer. Biopsy confirmed that the prostate tumor was a separate primary cancer rather than spread from the lung.
At the latest update, he was in remission from both lung cancer and prostate cancer. His recovery gave the family another source of hope while they continued supporting Carla through advanced lung cancer and repeated treatment changes.
This is a lay summary of an account first published by LUNGevity. Read the original in full
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