In a rare case of full remission, a 55-year-old Missouri woman with mesothelioma is hoping to see her grandchildren grow up.
Sherrie Moore began experiencing fatigue about four years ago, along with an elevated heart rate and eventually pain in her side. She assumed it was fatigue and stress from caring for her husband, who has prostate cancer.
It took multiple tests to determine what was wrong with her, but eventually a doctor determined her CT scan showed something abnormal with her lung. An outpatient procedure and a biopsy were inconclusive.
When she was referred to a cancer specialist, he recommended an open lung biopsy. The surgeon found 15 tumors in Moore’s right lung, diagnosing her with stage IV mesothelioma.
If a patient has only one lung affected, it is possible to remove it and the surrounding tissue and perform chemotherapy radiation. Both of Moore’s lungs were affected, though. This left her with limited treatment options.
Moore went through 28 chemotherapy treatments. Even before the treatments concluded, there were no signs of active mesothelioma. Her physician, Dr. Anne Tsao, told Moore that she was the first of her patients to achieve full remission.
Congratulations, Sherrie Moore. We hope others can achieve your results.
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