‘You gave us our daughter back’: How a young mom survived lung cancer

We rushed her for scans, which confirmed a large mass in her lung and lesions in the brain. Fluid around her lungs was removed and sent for testing to check for cancer cells. We also did a special lab test called immunohistochemistry to identify the type of cancer and ran genetic tests to look for mutations. Within 48 hours, we had the answer: ALK-positive lung cancer