Diagnosed with stage 4 (IV) lung cancer after years of recurrent bronchitis, Debbie was initially told she only had 1-2 years to live. Despite this ominous diagnosis, she got second opinions and discovered she had the BRAF mutation which [...]
Anne Charity Hudley, PhD, is associate dean of educational affairs and professor of education at Stanford University. She grew up just outside of Richmond, VA, and her ride home from school each evening through Richmond's Shockoe Bottom area smelled [...]
Christina H. and her husband, Eric, live in Leesburg, VA, with their 3 children. Christina works part-time at her daughter's elementary school in between attending her children's various sports and extracurricular activities. As a family, they love to travel together [...]
Jaymie K. lives in Fort Washington, MD, where she works full-time for Planet Fitness, Taymax Group as a regional director of facilities. She works out more now post-diagnosis as a way to actively fight for her life. In addition [...]
Actor and director Tony Goldwyn returns to help GO2 for Lung Cancer in raising awareness about the life-saving impact of early detection. This new campaign, titled “Screens,” is focused on lung cancer screening to detect the disease early, when it [...]
Deborah L. is among a special group of individuals making lasting contributions to GO2 for Lung Cancer that help transform survivorship. By joining the Legacy Club, supporters like her provide the funding needed to confront lung cancer on every [...]
When Sven de Jong’s wife, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2016, they made a commitment to share Elizabeth’s story to raise awareness about the disease. They attended GO2’s Lung Cancer Voices Summit for the first time in [...]
Melissa Crouse lives in Cape Coral, Florida, surrounded by her 3 children and 9 grandchildren, who are her pride and joy. She spent her career as a middle school orchestra and choir director, but since she retired, she has [...]
Three-time lung cancer survivor, Judith Levi, was 1st diagnosed at age 49 after a routine chest X-ray showed a spot that turned out to be stage 3A (IIIA) lung cancer. Over the next 20 years, she faced 2 additional [...]
Aurora was diagnosed with stage 3 (III) EGFR lung cancer in 2021 when she was 28 years old. Having immigrated from the Philippines, her doctors thought that she had tuberculosis or an infection. Given her young age, her doctor [...]