Cancer Survivor Story: How I Got Diagnosed with Lung Cancer | Ashley R. (1 of 3) | The Patient Story скачать в хорошем качестве

Cancer Survivor Story: How I Got Diagnosed with Lung Cancer | Ashley R. (1 of 3) | The Patient Story

In this segment, Ashley describes how an unrelated medical situation led to multiple scans and tests to figure out why there were abnormalities showing up in her lung (nodules). Her doctor sent tissue samples to Mayo Clinic in Arizona when he learned she had never smoked, never worked in a plant, and didn’t work in gardening/soil. Ashley also dives into how she processed the news of her lung cancer diagnosis and how she broke the news to loved ones. Navigation → see below for time codes to different subsections. In this Series: Our 3-part series with Ashley covers her from how she got diagnosed, to the targeted therapy that had just been approved for her cancer subtype and genetic mutation (EGFR+ T790M) that allowed her to take a pill (osimertinib or Tagrisso) instead of traditional chemotherapy, through how she lives with her incurable but treatable disease. Full story & transcript → Updated Soon at www.ThePatientStory.com The interview has only been edited for clarity. Join Our Community: Website : https://www.thepatientstory.com/ Facebook: @ThePatientStory Instagram: @ThePatientStory Twitter: @patient_story ______________________________ Contents of this video: 0:00 - Ashley's Intro 3:08 - Tell us about yourself 5:05 - What Happened at the hospital? 7:10 - Describe the tests on your lungs 11:08 - Were there any symptoms? 11:46 - What was the plan with the thoracic surgeon? 15:34 - What do you remember about waking up after surgery? 16:22 - How long did the biopsy results take? 19:01 - Moment of Lung Cancer diagnosis 22:28 - Breaking the news to loved ones ______________________________ #LungCancer #Cancer #ThePatientStory #egfr #genomictesting #clinicaltrials #targetedtherapy #osimertinib #tagrisso #astrazeneca