Imaging Diagnostics: 13 Real Stories
13 stories match imaging diagnostics. 9 of them mention targeted therapy.
Lung Cancer Patient Story
This Noxte entry focused less on a cancer treatment change and more on how fragile life with lung cancer had become. The patient had recently seen oncology on Friday, November 18. At that visit, his blood tests, lung exam, and oxygenation were reassuring, but…
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This Noxte update captured the uncertainty of living scan to scan with metastatic lung cancer. At the oncology visit, the patient’s doctor had preliminary CT information but was still waiting for the final radiology report. She had spoken with radiology about…
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This Noxte entry captured the mixed emotions of a scan that brought both relief and fear. The patient had a CT on 22 August and reviewed the result with oncology on 26 August. Some findings were encouraging: a paratracheal lymph node was stable, small right…
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This Noxte entry described a rapid change in treatment after a difficult scan. Oncology moved the patient’s planned June CT earlier to 25 May and also scheduled him to see his oncologist the same day. The reason became clear: the laboratory accepted an…
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This Noxte entry reported a clear setback. On 12 April, the patient received CT results showing that the lung tumor was still growing. The right upper-lobe mass had increased from 4.9 by 5 cm to 5.7 by 6.5 cm. It was causing more narrowing of the apical…
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This Noxte post focused on the physical and emotional exhaustion of living from scan to scan with lung cancer. The patient had just had another CT and was scheduled to review results and blood work on 12 April. He was not optimistic because cough, chest pain…
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This Noxte entry was about uncertainty, one of the hardest parts of living with lung cancer. The patient had just had an oncology visit, but the blood result from the latest liquid biopsy was not available. He understood that the test was still part of a…
Read this storyEGFR Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient Story
In December 2015, this patient was living with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer and taking Tarceva, also called erlotinib, which he had started in January. Much of this post reflected his effort to understand the fast-changing treatment landscape. He…
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In March 2015, this lung cancer patient received encouraging CT news. After living through the stress that comes before every scan, the latest results brought relief and what he described as a period of respite. The retained text around this record is mostly…
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In early March 2015, this lung cancer patient was in the difficult waiting period around a CT scan. He was taking erlotinib, also known as Tarceva, and the side effects were affecting both his body and his mood. People following his blog noticed that he was…
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By mid-February 2015, this patient had been taking Erlotinib, also known as Tarceva, for about 1.5 months for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. He understood Tarceva as a targeted therapy for cancers with an EGFR mutation and hoped he would be among…
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In January 2015, this lung cancer patient had just started Erlotinib, also called Tarceva. He began the oral treatment on January 2 and had been taking it fasting for more than 15 days. Early side effects were already noticeable. The most visible was a mild…
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This 66-year-old retired economist began his lung cancer blog after a routine chain of events changed his life. A residual cough after a viral infection led him to a pulmonologist. A chest X-ray then showed a 4 to 5 cm mass in the upper lobe of the right…
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