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    Treatment for Late-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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    What Is Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer?

    Learn its causes, symptoms, and usual treatments of this most common type of lung cancer.

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    NSCLC and Your Genes

    Your risk for the condition may be affected by gene mutations. Learn what causes them and how genes may affect cancer treatment.

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    Having ‘The Talk’ With Your Doctor About Late-Stage Lung Cancer

    Late-Stage NSCLC: What your doctor may talk about, like treatment, outcome, outlook, palliative care, hospice care, and end-of-life changes.

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    Lung Cancer Mutations: Pinpoint Your Treatment Plan

    Find out how changes in your DNA affect your cancer and help determine which treatment is right for you.

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    Follow-up Steps, Tests

    Here’s what to expect after your initial treatment for non-small-cell lung cancer. Who will you meet with? How often? And what tests will they do?

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    How Mutations Can Change Your Game Plan

    "If you think of cancer as a bus that’s going fast down the hill, the mutation is driving it," says Suresh Ramalingam, MD.

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    Targeted Therapy: How Does It Work?

    Targeted treatments work to block cancerous cells from multiplying. What are the different types?

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    Different Stages, Different Treatments

    Learn how the options change for stages 0-IV.

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    Take Care of Yourself

    It’s important to be as healthy as you can be, both mentally and physically, to meet the challenges of non-small-cell lung cancer. Here’s how.

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    Nutritional Tips

    No appetite with NSCLC? Here are some ways to keep up your strength and prevent weight loss.

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    Loss of Appetite? What You Can Do

    Here’s how to prevent weight loss and stay healthy while you're being treated for NSCLC.

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    Breathing Exercises During and After Treatment

    Two easy breathing exercises that can help you breathe easier during and after treatment for lung cancer.

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    When One Course of Therapy Isn't Enough

    Not long ago, chemotherapy was the only treatment for this type of cancer. Now, doctors have many options. Sometimes, they combine them.

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    Advances in How It's Treated

    The discovery that there are many types of NSCLC has led to many advances in how the disease is treated. Learn what you need to know.

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