My father was recently diagnosed with lung cancer.  I'm in the early stages
of research so I'm not sure of the correct terminology but here is some of
the information his oncologists have provided thus far:

        stage 1B
        type: adenocarcinoma
        T2N0M0

He has a large (8-9 cm) tumor on his right lung.  He has been a cigarette
smoker for many years (40+) and his left lung does not have sufficient
capacity for them to perform surgery to remove the right lung so he will be
undergoing chemo/radiation therapy.

I would greatly appreciate any comments regarding : 1) prognosis for this
stage and type of cancer; 2) side-effects from the treatment; 3)
alternative treatments - I've been seeing a lot of information regarding
the use of shark cartilage for treating cancer.

Many thanks and regards,
Desiree Edwards

Desiree

I was diagnosed with stage iv adenocarcinoma in 1989 and am still here to tell
about it.  I have done a lot of research for myself, and share it with others
through my web site.  The address is

http://members.aol.com/chester878/index.html

there are links to info on staging and prognosis, treatments, side effects,
remedies for side efects and complementary therapies.

Hope this helps.

Anita

You can find a lot of useful information at PDQ, a site from the National
Cancer Institute that has information for patients and for health professionals
(updated monthly) about all kinds of cancer. There are good explanations of
stages, histological types like adenocarcinoma, treatment options for each
stage, prognosis, clinical trials, etc.
There is also a section on supportive care for different aspects of cancer
complications and treatment effects. PDQ is at
http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/pdq.htm
If you don't find what you need, try calling their hotline at 1-800-4-CANCER.
Good luck to you and your dad. Sounds like they caught it at a fairly early
stage, which is always good.

I also have lung cancer.....and my best advice is to stick to accepted
treatments.......shark cartiledge has been in the news alot.......and it has NO
proven  value whatsoever in treating cancer. Best of luck.