By Rick Sherlock, Lung Cancer Alliance Board Member and retired Major General of the United States Army On this Veteran’s Day, we honor and salute the dedicated service of the brave men and women that protect our freedoms. In [...]
In a number of communications to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Lung Cancer Alliance urged the national CMS office to 1) instruct all local Medicare contractors that lung cancer screening coverage is available in all settings [...]
Washington, DC [September 25, 2018] – Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) applauds the results of the Dutch-Belgium Lung Cancer Screening trial (NELSON) announced today in Toronto, Canada at the IASLC 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer. The NELSON study was [...]
By Anita McGlothlin, Associate Director of Science and Regulatory Policy, Lung Cancer Alliance Greetings! I am Anita McGlothlin, the Associate Director of Science and Regulatory Policy at Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA). I can’t wait to meet you in person [...]
By Laurie Fenton Ambrose, President and CEO, Lung Cancer Alliance Make no mistake about it—lung cancer can be detected at an early stage, when it is more likely to be treatable and cured. Yes, you heard it right—treatable and [...]
By Amy Copeland, MPH, Director of Medical Outreach at Lung Cancer Alliance Public Health Week (April 2-9) got us thinking….What exactly is public health and how does it relate to lung cancer? We sat down with Amy Copeland, Lung [...]
By: Angela Criswell, Senior Manager of Medical Outreach Lung cancer among veterans is a serious issue because they face higher incidence rates of the disease and lower survival rates compared with civilian populations. The disproportionate impact of lung cancer [...]
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 – Today, Laurie Fenton Ambrose, President and CEO of Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA), along with a coalition of leading healthcare professionals, patients, government and non-governmental organizations, is joining the American Cancer Society for the inaugural [...]
Monday, November 6, 2017 – Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) joins the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and the NYU School of Medicine (NYU) to announce the launch of the Cessation And Screening To Save Lives (CASTL) Initiative. [...]
Lung Cancer Alliance and a coalition of leading professional, government and non-governmental organizations joined the American Cancer Society to announce they will be coming together to form the National Lung Cancer Roundtable to accelerate the nation's efforts to reduce [...]