You might want to check www.robertsreview.com for latest interviews (audio, video, and transcripts)
on new treatment protocols, new treatments/drugs, research breakthroughs, and latest pain management
techniques. (I think they also offer special financial help to cancer patients...along with "top
cancer treatment" hospitals/clinis.)
I check 'em once or twice a week for treatment updates at
http://www.robertsreview.com
Hope this may be of some help to you.
Jack
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> Pia wrote:
>
> > My friend was just diagnosed with this. The non-operable kind, though it hasn't yet spread. I
> > can't seem to find much information about this. Anyone know anything they can share, please?
> >
> > Thank you, Pia
>
> Hello Pia,
>
> Lung cancers are classified as SCLC or NSCLC (small cell lung cancer or non small cell cancer) I'm
> going to post what I found
>
>
http://info.cancer.ca/e/glossary/B/Bronchioloavelolar_Lung_Cancer.htm Bronchioloalveolar Lung
> Cancer A type of lung cancer that tends to develop in the outer areas of the lung and spread along
> the walls of the smaller airways (alveoli and bronchioles) of the lung.
>
>
http://tinyurl.com/3cfg6 ASCO website News from the 2003 ASCO Annual BAC, or bronchioloalveolar
> cell carcinoma, is a form of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Until recently, it was thought
> that BAC was a rare cancer, but now researchers think that up to 20% of all NSCLCs contain some
> BAC. Generally, BAC tumors grow more slowly than other lung cancers, but after treatment these
> tumors often recur in multiple areas of the lung. BAC usually does not respond to treatment.
>
>
http://tinyurl.com/35kqu - Steph (Radiation Oncologist ) from the newsgroup archives. Curative
> treatment is surgical. Radiation and chemo have a limited benefit. Unfortunately, it is often
> advanced by the time of diagnosis, and not surgically treatable. Having said that, in some
> patients, it is a very indolent (grows slowly) disease.
>
> So PIA your friend may want to consult a radiation oncologist to discuss whether radiation therapy
> would be of benefit (vs any negatives) and if not, just treat it symptomatically as it grows. And
> seek palliative care if severe.
>
> That's my non-doctor understanding of this type of cancer. Steph will be back in approx a week.
>
> Please feel free to join us on
news:alt.support.cancer We have lots of resources for you and
> support. Also watch for other replies here, in case I'm wrong. Keep in touch. J-not a doctor
>
> PS There's also a private ACOR mail list here for that type
http://listserv.acor.org/archives/lung-
> bac.html or NSCLC
http://listserv.acor.org/archives/lung-nsclc.html