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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Rashmi Acharya, MS, Coordinator, Science & Research, GO2 for Lung Cancer 1. What is Small Cell Lung Cancer? Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a type of lung cancer named for the very small, oval shaped cancer cells [...]
Stephen Huff & family, Stage IV lung cancer Why are younger adults getting lung cancer? There is a growing cohort of younger adults who are being diagnosed with lung cancer. Alarmingly, the research points to [...]
Portsmouth, OH, and the surrounding region has a disproportionately high number of people diagnosed with lung cancer. The screening rate at Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) is 12.28 cases per 1,000. The national average: 2.61. It’s a community in [...]
The lung cancer world now has therapies tied to individual biomarkers, making comprehensive biomarker testing an imperative at diagnosis. On August 18, our monthly Lung Cancer Living Room featured Dr. Benjamin Levy from Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer [...]