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A breath of...being cancer-free Lung cancer patient grateful that diagnosis and the most challenging to treat." start of treatment began same day "You have cancer." Those three words are life- chemotherapy and radiation, followed by a year Inaddition to his cancer jourmey, Dr. Wood also informed altering, anxiety-sparking and terrifying. of immunotherapy - and offered Lloyd to start Lloyd that he has myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). For most patients, treating the cancer can't treatment that same day to which Lloyd said, "Myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, is a come fast enough. So, when a treatment "There's no better time than now." plan is quickly developed, it turns into As a smoker for 53 years, Lloyd quit smoking on the which is where red blood cells are produced," life-saving relief. When Lloyd Warner started coughing up specks of Lloyd began chemotherapy and radiation in need treatment and can be observed by blood, he knew it was time to visit his primary care December 2019 and completed both treatments routine lab checks to monitor the patient's number physician, Vincent Taeger, MD, at MercyCare North in February 2020 at the Hall-Perrine Cancer of red blood cells." Liberty. After an on-site X-ray scan, Dr. Taeger saw nothing abnormal, but, because Lloyd was coughing chemotherapy and every weekday for seven weeks has it and being able to ask Dr. Wood - a up specks of blood, he scheduled a CT scan at for radiation treatments. Mercy. stable with no changes-exactly what he wanted to Dr. Wood explained the treatment plan - hear! condition that affects the bone marrow, first day of treatment. Dr. Wood said. "In early stages, it does not Center. He came in once a week for six weeks for Lloyd appreciated being informed that he hematologist about it. For now, Dr. Wood "I thought if I was going through this at a continues to monitor Lloyd's condition and larger hospital, I'd probably have to walk lab results. half a mile to get to radiation," Lloyd said. "But, at the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, the reserved parking area for radiation is only 100 feet from the radiation department, and I'm in there very quickly and on my way back home in minutes." He then began immunotherapy in March 2020 and completed it a year later in March 2021. Immunotherapy is a treatment that helps the immune system respond, as well as teaches it to identify and destroy cancer cells. Lloyd only lives 22 minutes away from the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, so it was relatively easy to travel back and forth for his treatments. He A big thumbs up during Lloyd's last immunotherapy treatment at Hall-Perrine Cancer Center in Cedar Rapids. After multiple tests and a CT scan, a spot appreciated being able to park directly next to the was found on Lloyd's bronchial tube - which Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. lets air in and out of the lungs as you breathe. "Everything was so convenient, and everyone To determine if there were other areas of was so nice and helpful," Lloyd said. "I just concern, Dr. Taeger referred Lloyd to the can't say enough about the people that Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. Lloyd had a PET scan to see where/if the cancer had appreciate it." spread and a brain MRI to see if it had spread to his During the 15 months of treatment, Lloyd brain. When lung cancer spreads, it most commonly never missed an appointment, even the day after goes to the brain. The scans concluded there was a the derecho. spot on his lymph node in his right lung. While the testing period was a whirlwind, Hall-Perrine Cancer Center because of all If you're a smoker or have lung concerns, the Lloyd was grateful that the Hall-Perrine the trees that were down, but he took a Cancer Center scheduled him for all his chance and made it safely. Lloyd received screening program that's generally covered tests so quickly. After a biopsy was completed, Lloyd was diagnosed with Stage 3A squamous cell power. Cancer doesn't wait - and neither does the at any time to set up an cancer by Medical Oncologist/Hematologist Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, even under unusual appointment and receive HALL-PERRINE Samuel Wood, MD. helped treat me; they were great, and I really Lloyd Warner rings the bell as he celebrates his last radiation treatment at the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. He wasn't sure if he'd be able to get to the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center has a lung cancer his immunotherapy treatment as scheduled, by insurance as a preventative service. If you meet even as the hospital was running on generator the criteria, you can call your primary care provider cirçumstances. an order for a lung CANCER CENTER "Squamous cell cancer is one of the more Now, Lloyd comes in every six months and screening. The screening common types of lung cancer," Dr. Wood said. will for the next five years for a CT scan. At consists of a CT or image "There are four stages with Stage 4 being his most recent CT scan, his results were that's taken of the chest. MERCY CEAR RAPIBS A breath of...being cancer-free Lung cancer patient grateful that diagnosis and the most challenging to treat." start of treatment began same day "You have cancer." Those three words are life- chemotherapy and radiation, followed by a year Inaddition to his cancer jourmey, Dr. Wood also informed altering, anxiety-sparking and terrifying. of immunotherapy - and offered Lloyd to start Lloyd that he has myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). For most patients, treating the cancer can't treatment that same day to which Lloyd said, "Myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, is a come fast enough. So, when a treatment "There's no better time than now." plan is quickly developed, it turns into As a smoker for 53 years, Lloyd quit smoking on the which is where red blood cells are produced," life-saving relief. When Lloyd Warner started coughing up specks of Lloyd began chemotherapy and radiation in need treatment and can be observed by blood, he knew it was time to visit his primary care December 2019 and completed both treatments routine lab checks to monitor the patient's number physician, Vincent Taeger, MD, at MercyCare North in February 2020 at the Hall-Perrine Cancer of red blood cells." Liberty. After an on-site X-ray scan, Dr. Taeger saw nothing abnormal, but, because Lloyd was coughing chemotherapy and every weekday for seven weeks has it and being able to ask Dr. Wood - a up specks of blood, he scheduled a CT scan at for radiation treatments. Mercy. stable with no changes-exactly what he wanted to Dr. Wood explained the treatment plan - hear! condition that affects the bone marrow, first day of treatment. Dr. Wood said. "In early stages, it does not Center. He came in once a week for six weeks for Lloyd appreciated being informed that he hematologist about it. For now, Dr. Wood "I thought if I was going through this at a continues to monitor Lloyd's condition and larger hospital, I'd probably have to walk lab results. half a mile to get to radiation," Lloyd said. "But, at the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, the reserved parking area for radiation is only 100 feet from the radiation department, and I'm in there very quickly and on my way back home in minutes." He then began immunotherapy in March 2020 and completed it a year later in March 2021. Immunotherapy is a treatment that helps the immune system respond, as well as teaches it to identify and destroy cancer cells. Lloyd only lives 22 minutes away from the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, so it was relatively easy to travel back and forth for his treatments. He A big thumbs up during Lloyd's last immunotherapy treatment at Hall-Perrine Cancer Center in Cedar Rapids. After multiple tests and a CT scan, a spot appreciated being able to park directly next to the was found on Lloyd's bronchial tube - which Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. lets air in and out of the lungs as you breathe. "Everything was so convenient, and everyone To determine if there were other areas of was so nice and helpful," Lloyd said. "I just concern, Dr. Taeger referred Lloyd to the can't say enough about the people that Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. Lloyd had a PET scan to see where/if the cancer had appreciate it." spread and a brain MRI to see if it had spread to his During the 15 months of treatment, Lloyd brain. When lung cancer spreads, it most commonly never missed an appointment, even the day after goes to the brain. The scans concluded there was a the derecho. spot on his lymph node in his right lung. While the testing period was a whirlwind, Hall-Perrine Cancer Center because of all If you're a smoker or have lung concerns, the Lloyd was grateful that the Hall-Perrine the trees that were down, but he took a Cancer Center scheduled him for all his chance and made it safely. Lloyd received screening program that's generally covered tests so quickly. After a biopsy was completed, Lloyd was diagnosed with Stage 3A squamous cell power. Cancer doesn't wait - and neither does the at any time to set up an cancer by Medical Oncologist/Hematologist Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, even under unusual appointment and receive HALL-PERRINE Samuel Wood, MD. helped treat me; they were great, and I really Lloyd Warner rings the bell as he celebrates his last radiation treatment at the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. He wasn't sure if he'd be able to get to the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center has a lung cancer his immunotherapy treatment as scheduled, by insurance as a preventative service. If you meet even as the hospital was running on generator the criteria, you can call your primary care provider cirçumstances. an order for a lung CANCER CENTER "Squamous cell cancer is one of the more Now, Lloyd comes in every six months and screening. The screening common types of lung cancer," Dr. Wood said. will for the next five years for a CT scan. At consists of a CT or image "There are four stages with Stage 4 being his most recent CT scan, his results were that's taken of the chest. MERCY CEAR RAPIBS