Lung cancer is often inevitably associated with smokers. There are tumors that particularly affect non-smokers - like Eva and Julia.
Both talk exclusively in an interview with Ippen.Media about which symptoms led them to the doctor, how the diagnosis was made, which treatment option works for their tumor and how they live with the disease today. The ALK-positive (ALK+) bronchial carcinoma is a type of lung cancer that occurs in younger, non-smoking patients with good general health. Thanks to new targeted therapy, this type of cancer can be treated - without chemotherapy - in a targeted manner in a form that is free of parts of the lungs. Until now, Julia H. and Eva L. have been receiving therapy with targeted medication in the form of a tablet. The doctor at the Florence Nightingale Hospital in Düsseldorf in Germany said that targeted therapy is the only way to treat lung cancer. The treatment is available in the U.S. and Europe.