Navigating a lung cancer diagnosis can feel overwhelming. Our patient journey roadmap gives you a complete picture of what to expect while navigating your disease. Use this guide to help identify primary decision points and be prepared for what’s next.
The Patient Journey
Prediagnosis
Screening
Diagnostic Testing
Diagnosis and Staging
- Non-small cell lung cancer: adenocarcinoma, squamous, large cell
- Small cell lung cancer
Diagnosis by biomarker profile
- Molecular driver mutations: EGFR, ALK, ROS1, BRAF V600E, other
- PD-L1 for immunotherapy
Treatment (1st-line, 2nd-line, and beyond)
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Targeted therapy
- Immunotherapy
- Combination therapy
- Clinical trials
- Angiogenesis inhibitors
Monitoring
- Symptom management
- Side-effect management
- Surveillance
- Repeat biopsy
May repeat diagnostic testing