dadstimeon Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Hi - First Time On - I Have Non-Small Cell Incurable/Inoperable Stage IV (Bronchioalveolar Adenocarcinoma) Lung Cancer - Matastasis To Adrenal Glands - Non Smoker – 50 Years Old - Diagnosed in May, 2002 - Started Gemzar and Carboplatin (9 Rounds) in Dec, 2002 - Started Taxol (15 Rounds) In June, 2003 - Some Tumors Get Bigger, Some Tumors Get Smaller, None Have Gone Away - Told This Is Not Survivable - 2 To 3 Years Life Expectancy - Very Fatigued And Tired All The Time. Anyone Out There With This Type Of Cancer Or Knows Someone I Would Be Most Grateful To Hear From – I Live In The Greater Boston Area - Thanks Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna G Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Hi Rich, I grew up in Roslindale (Boston). We have a young women in our local support group that had BAC lung cancer. She fortunately was able to have surgery and since then had a baby. So far she is doing well. You were diagnosed in May 02 so you have had your first year of survival. Congradulations. I hope you continue to respond to treatment. Welcome . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 dadstimeon, Tiny on this board has BAC. Check out the link below. I hope this will help. http://www.buy2k.net/lungcancersurvivor ... hlight=bac John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Actually, 2-3 years is an eternity with cancer. A lot can happen in the way of effective treatments in that time. It's like with the life expectancy charts -- the longer you live, the longer you are projected to live further. Hope you can see the positive in that and work towards it. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1995 and opted for radiation. In 2002, it came back, but by then they had perfected the radioactive seed implants, which I opted to do (not available in 1995), and now my prognosis is "less than 10% chance of recurrence"). Good luck. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanS Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Hi, Here are some other therpaies that you may want to consider researching and asking different oncologists about.. CPT-11 Cytoxin/vincristine/adriamycin cisplatin/etoposide radio frequency ablation therapy (RFA) combining chemotherapy with radiation is a great way to fight this disease as well. Make sure that your oncology team stays agressive! Jonathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 I am pretty sure that chemo does not typically work on BAC. It is typically slow growing and does not "usually" metastasize outside the lungs. It is a little like a typical carcinoid - in that it is slow growing. Faster growing tumors respond to chemo better than slow growing typically. I am fairly sure I am correct on this but always double/triple check for yourself God bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 I too was diagnosed with BAC-stage 1A. I was told of all the lung cancers, this was the "best". I have been living with cancer for 10 years, and learned to take one day at a time. One moment at a time. Glad you found us gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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