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Lung Cancer - Signs, symptoms and delay in diagnosis
People's ideas about the causes of lung cancer
Lung Cancer - Investigations
How it affects you
How it affects family and friends
Finding Information on lung cancer
Telling the children and grandchildren

Treatment choices, side effects and medical care :
Lung Cancer - Surgery
Lung Cancer - Radiotherapy
Lung Cancer - Chemotherapy
Diathermy resection (electrocautery)
Cryosurgery (cryotherapy) and side effects
Biological therapies for lung cancer
Pleural effusion and pleurodesis
Side effects of surgery
Side effects of radiotherapy
Side effects of chemotherapy
The decision not to have any treatment
Complementary therapies and other approaches
Talking to doctors and the care you received
Nursing care

Living with it :
Feelings of stigma, shame and guilt
Breathlessness and how to manage it
Thoughts on recurrence, death and dying
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Diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in 2001, treated with chemotherapy, followed by radiotherapy to the head to prevent spread to the brain.

Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview LC33 >> Ever since his lobectomy he becomes breathless very easily.

Non-small cell lung cancer diagnosed in 2000 followed by lobectomy (lower lobes of right lung removed) October 2000, then radiotherapy from outside the chest to lung in 2001.

Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview LC25 >> Her initial signs and symptoms were breathlessness and weight loss.

Lung cancer diagnosed in 2002, treated with chemotherapy.

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