Lung cancer advocacy is about taking action and using your voice to drive lifesaving change. The best part? Anyone can do it. You don’t need to live in Washington, DC or know the ins and [...]
Dr. Karen Arscott has practiced medicine in a variety of venues, most recently caring for patients with substance use disorder. She’s also a two-time lung cancer survivor, a vocal advocate and a member [...]
Kerri Susko, LISW-CP, OSW-C, MBCT Certified, was recruited to move to Prisma Health in Greenville, SC, when she joined the start-up team for the Center for Integrative Oncology and Survivorship. She provides individual psychotherapy to patients and family members. [...]
Last week, Congress passed the FY22 Omnibus and on Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed into law the Omnibus spending package that includes an additional $20 million in new funding for the Lung Cancer Research Program. This brings total funding [...]
Advocacy is any action that supports, defends or pleads on behalf of a cause or others. It’s a simple word but a powerful concept—knowing that your voice can drive change and save lives. Yet asking people to engage in [...]
Elizabeth and Sven de Jong discuss coming together with other advocates with a common purpose. After Elizabeth de Jong was diagnosed with stage IV ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer in September 2016, she and [...]
Tell Congress It's Personal Registration is now open for the 2022 Virtual Lung Cancer Voices Summit, May 16-17. Don’t miss this opportunity to raise your voice to increase lung cancer research funding! Join advocates from [...]
National advocacy organizations, including GO2 for Lung Cancer, have been advocating for legislative policies to increase and improve access to biomarker testing. Those efforts are increasing, especially at the state level, as legislatures take up biomarker testing bills. Educating [...]
On November 30, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced and passed a Senate resolution recognizing November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month. The resolution helps elevate national attention to the disease and encourage more early detection and treatment [...]
Breaking news! Exciting News! Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in California v. Texas, a legal challenge that sought to strike down the law. This is a great victory for all patients with chronic [...]