Lung Cancer treatment at Stanford: Santwona Behera's story

STANFORD, CA (November 1, 2013) Santwona Behera was not yet 40 when a cough began to nag at her, a cough that didn't yield to the allergy treatments prescribed for her. The mother of two little girls, she was also a full-time software engineer who ate healthy foods, stayed physically active and never smoked. But that strange symptom, that persistent cough, just would not go away. Finally a friend persuaded her to see a lung specialist.

Read full story here:
http://stanfordhospital.org/newsEvent...

• #science_technology
• #stanford
• #stanford_hospital
• #lung_cancer
• #lung_cancer_diagnosis
• #heather_wakelee
• #santwona_behera
• #lung_cancer_symptoms
• #treatment_options
• #smoking
• #radiologist
• #surgeon
• #ros1_mutation
• #ros1
• #tumor
• #lung_tumor
• #genetic_mutation