After three years of virtual advocacy, the 2023 Lung Cancer Voices Summit will be held in Washington, DC, March 19-21. Lung cancer advocates will meet in person with their elected officials to advocate for critical federal research funding on [...]
Support Groups are a great way to connect with others who understand what you are going through. Studies show that people with lung cancer prefer lung cancer specific groups over those that include people with many types of cancer. [...]
Lung cancer mortality has been declining steadily in the past two decades and the good news is the pace of the improvements have picked up! Last week, the American Cancer Society released their 2022 stats and share that the [...]
On January 26, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for adjuvant (additional) treatment following surgery and chemotherapy for stage IB, II, or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This approval was based on the [...]
Question: Living with lung cancer is expensive. What resources are available to help pay for day-to-day needs? Answer: Paying for treatment is a concern for most people who are diagnosed with lung cancer. Luckily, there are programs and resources [...]
Kimberly Goodloe didn’t decide to become an advocate - she was called to it after heartache and tragedy struck her life in 2009, and then again in 2022. In 2009, Kimberly received urgent open-heart surgery for an abnormal heart [...]
Inequities in the American healthcare system cause some people with lung cancer to receive worse care than others. Patients who are members of racial, ethnic or sexual minority groups; live in rural areas and have lower income and/or insurance [...]
Have you joined us at a Gathering HOPE event? We first introduced this monthly social/support gathering in Fall 2021 and it has become one of our most popular programs. Dozens of lung cancer community members join us on the [...]
Question: My tumor’s original biopsy showed that I had non-small cell lung cancer with an EGFR biomarker. Recently, the cancer started progressing and my most recent biopsy shows that I have transformed small cell lung cancer. What does this [...]
Author: Dr. Jennifer K. Renshaw, OTD, OTR/L, OTA/L Cancer treatment can make you tired which can make it harder to enjoy leisure activities and complete daily tasks. “Energy conservation” includes tips and tricks for you that use energy in [...]