Monthly Measure Archives - Page 8 of 12

First, the Phone Buddy Program gave her a lifeline.

Bethany Johnson (GO2 for Lung Cancer)2021-07-08T12:14:21-05:00July 8th, 2021|Hot Topics, Monthly Measure, Newsletter Articles, Stories of Hope|

Wendy (left) with her Phone Buddy, Cecily (right) Then the Phone Buddies became friends. Wendy Williams and Cecily Hatchitt met through GO2 for Lung Cancer’s Phone Buddy Program. Then they became something more: friends. Meet Wendy Williams, [...]

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Research into Acquired Drug Resistance in Patients with ALK+ NSCLC

Bethany Johnson (GO2 for Lung Cancer)2021-06-10T13:35:17-05:00June 10th, 2021|Hot Topics, Monthly Measure, Newsletter Articles, Science and Research|

Amanda Nerstad, SPACEWALK participant, with family By Daniel A. Saez, MSc, Treatment and Trials Navigator, GO2 for Lung Cancer One of the biggest concerns within the mutation positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) community is the concept [...]

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Survivorship: Insert your definition here.

Bethany Johnson (GO2 for Lung Cancer)2021-06-10T13:32:30-05:00June 10th, 2021|Hot Topics, Monthly Measure, Newsletter Articles|

Today more than ever before, words matter. And, as a society, we are more sensitive to descriptive preferences. People are living longer, and better, with lung cancer than ever before. It’s time we think about survivorship (or whatever you [...]

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Comments of Hope

Bethany Johnson (GO2 for Lung Cancer)2021-06-10T13:30:52-05:00June 10th, 2021|Hot Topics, Monthly Measure, Newsletter Articles, Stories of Hope|

Courage and hope. These critical qualities are what our co-founder and board chair Bonnie J. Addario profiles in a new publication titled The Living Room: A Lung Cancer Community of Courage. Finding hope and moving forward is a key [...]

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This Physician is on a Mission to Screen Every High-Risk Kentuckian

Bethany Johnson (GO2 for Lung Cancer)2021-06-10T13:27:44-05:00June 10th, 2021|Community Engagement, Hot Topics, Monthly Measure, Newsletter Articles|

Kentucky has a lung cancer problem. Michael Gieske, MD, is on a mission to raise awareness about the disease and detect, treat, and save as many people as possible. A primary care physician, Gieske is the director of [...]

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Spend Your Summer with Us!

Bethany Johnson (GO2 for Lung Cancer)2021-05-13T16:04:59-05:00May 13th, 2021|Community Engagement, Monthly Measure, Newsletter Articles|

You are invited! Help us double-down on survival by participating in one or more fundraising events with GO2 for Lung Cancer this summer. Each event is open to the entire lung cancer community. No matter where you live, you [...]

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GO2 for Lung Cancer’s Focus on Women and Lung Cancer

Bethany Johnson (GO2 for Lung Cancer)2021-05-13T08:08:28-05:00May 11th, 2021|Hot Topics, Monthly Measure, Newsletter Articles, Science and Research|

May is Women’s Health Month, and GO2 for Lung Cancer has partnered with the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute to investigate how and why some young women’s rates of lung cancer are increasing, despite never having smoked. Watch the video below [...]

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A Family Contributes to the Lung Cancer Cause

Bethany Johnson (GO2 for Lung Cancer)2021-05-13T08:17:51-05:00May 10th, 2021|Hot Topics, Monthly Measure, Newsletter Articles|

A generous contribution from the DeCesaris family is helping us double survivorship by 2025 by growing our reach to individuals at risk and patients across the country. When Geaton, patriarch of the family and their “rock” passed from lung [...]

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The Impact of Lung Cancer Across Generations: One Family’s Story

Bethany Johnson (GO2 for Lung Cancer)2021-05-07T08:27:09-05:00May 7th, 2021|Advocacy in Action, Hot Topics, Monthly Measure, Newsletter Articles|

Usha Jain (left) and daughter, Amita Jain (right) Lung cancer doesn’t just impact one person—it affects all those who love them. Perhaps no family understands this better than the Jain-Patkar family. Meet Usha Jain, a [...]

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COVID-19: A Year of Reflection

Bethany Johnson (GO2 for Lung Cancer)2021-04-08T11:30:06-05:00April 8th, 2021|Monthly Measure, Newsletter Articles, Science and Research|

On March 11, 2020, our lives changed forever when the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 represented a new global pandemic. One year later, we reflect on where we started and where we are now. First, we pause to [...]

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