I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
In May of 2015, Anne had a seizure before taking her young children to school. After she was rushed to the hospital, she received a diagnosis that changed her life. Anne was diagnosed with stage IV, EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). She is now on a...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
February 20, 2015, is the day I received the news. I was 40 years old, a mother of two daughters, a wife and a daughter of a survivor. I was diagnosed with stage 3a non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) poorly mixed with adenocarcinoma, and the prognosis was grim. I...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
George Jackson is a lifelong law enforcement officer. George, along with his wife of 20 years, has five children. In April 2014, he had developed a cough that aggravated an old pectoral injury. A scan revealed something on his lung and a follow-up appointment with...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
Lung cancer snuck up on me. I was healthy. I never thought I could be at risk for lung cancer. Fortunately, a targeted therapy called afatanib is helping me live well with lung cancer. In September 2015, while hiking in Colorado, I had to stop to catch my breath, but...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
My name is Elizabeth Dessureault. In April of 2015, I was diagnosed with advanced stage non-small cell adenocarcinoma lung cancer (NSCLC). As an otherwise healthy, non-smoking young adult, this news came as a complete shock. At the time I was 26 years old, just five...
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