A lung biopsy showed it was not cancer, rather it was a common fungal illness, Valley Fever, also called coccidiomycosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knockout by Suzanne Somers, Questions Cancer Treatment] Reference

Coccidiosis or coccidiomycosis is also referred to as San Joaquin Valley fever or Valley fever.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Those with AIDS are especially prone to pulmonary infections with coccidiomycosis, involvement of the skin and disseminated, or widely spread, disease.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

While in Arizona, he’d contracted a pulmonary fungal infection, coccidiomycosis, not uncommon in the desert.    From Wordnik.com.  [After the Diagnosis] Reference