Personal Stories Of Pancoast Tumors. The role of magnetic resonance imaging. He has been given the big guns of high doses of chemo and radiation which took his back pain away thank god.
The cancer was stage iii because it had invaded my spine at the t1 vertebrae and a rib. So by sharing my story here i hope to raise awareness and should anybody find themselves where i am now they can google for some information. Case reports in radiology 2013.
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Everything is going against him horners syndrome above right lung tumor was in spine inoperable. Strangely a pancoast tumor will rarely cause symptoms related to the lungs themselves 2 pancoast tumor symptoms include some of catherine cook s. I would be interested in hearing survivor stories of others who have this same malady. We hope that these resources are helpful and wish you nothing but the best.