Ellie T. resides in the northern suburbs of Baltimore city, MD. She enjoys Tai Chi/Qi Gong, going for walks in nature, photography, writing, playing drums, and composing electronic instrumental cinematic dance music. Currently, she is working on an EP, [...]
Question: My doctors discovered something abnormal on a scan of my lungs that they suspect may be lung cancer. I’ve been told that I need a bronchoscopy to biopsy the growth to confirm this diagnosis and determine the stage [...]
“If you can’t breathe, nothing else matters.” This powerful statement was shared by Dr. D. Kyle Hogarth from the University of Chicago during September’s Lung Cancer Living Room to emphasize the importance of having a pulmonologist on your lung [...]
Question: My doctors have determined that my lung cancer is progressing on its current targeted therapy and want to do another biopsy. Why would I need another biopsy since we already know the biomarker type? If I do need [...]
What happens when your cancer becomes resistant to your course of treatment and progresses? That’s the question we explored in the September episode of our Lung Cancer Living Room series. Dr. David Gandara, professor emeritus and co-director of UC [...]