OT lung cancer
 

my brother's lung cancer - he died thursday
miserable way to go.
not looking for sympathy but thought sharing this might be educational.

i might be going overboard, but if you ever have a breathing problem, ask your doctor to consider lung cancer. if you never smoked and seem healthy they'll say don't worry. but my brother thought something was wrong, they diagnosed him with asthma and 4 months later he had stage4 lung cancer and had emergency brain surgery. they checked his lung capacity, it was normal but he was in great shape so his "normal" was greatly reduced from where it had been and masked his cancer. no chest xray, which might have found it early enough.
unfortunately, x-rays find a lot of false positives which makes doctors hesitant to give them during just a checkup but food for thought.

well you have my sympathy anyway
 

even if you aren't looking for it. sound like it might have been avoided so your advice is appreciated.

There is a link
 

Dear Soccertease,

I am so sorry for your loss.

If you are a Young onset PD,, you may wish to be aware of the following link:

http://www.ecancermedicalscience.com...asp?itemId=816

It has been known for some time that lung cancer is related to Parkinson's disease. Dopamine is frequently used in chemotherapy treatment to slow down the growth of the cancerous tumor. This is one of the functions the PRRK2 gene performs naturally in the body. It is also the most common mutation found in YOPD patients.

"somatic mutations in PARK2 contribute to cancer."
not inherited, don't see the pd connection. sounds like spontaneous mutations resulted in cancer.