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Chemo Shortage Didn’t Materialize ‘The Way We Initially Feared’
This March, LUNGevity Foundation partnered with CURE for their “Speaking Out” video series, inviting Amy Moore, PhD, vice president of global engagement and patient partnerships at LUNGevity...
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Caregivers: Planning the Self-Care Journey
This webinar explains the phases of the caregiving cycle and offers tips and strategies for meeting the challenges of each phase. The discussion features Michelle Bolden, founder... -
Cancer Grand Challenges Summit 2024: No Time to Waste in Addressing Some of Toughest Challenges in Cancer
Read time: 4 minutes I just returned from the Cancer Grand Challenges Summit, held March 5–8, 2024 in London, England. Cancer Grand Challenges was launched in 2020 as a... -
Leveraging Genetics to Understand Why Younger Adults Are Developing Lung Cancer
Read Time: 5 minutes It’s a mystery that has been baffling researchers: Why do some people develop lung cancer in their 20s or 30s? While we used to think lung cancer was only... -
Diving Deeper: Targeted Therapy, Radiation, and Immunotherapy
Lung cancer experts from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center dive into the how and why behind targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and radiation therapy. Touching on improvements to... -
Lung Cancer Masterclass: Get Smart About Lung Cancer
In the past five years, the lung cancer community has seen an astonishing number of new treatments. As our understanding of lung cancer has deepened, the older treatment approaches... -
HOPE Summit 2024 in Atlanta, GA
Registration is still open for HOPE Summit 2024, which we are excited to host in Atlanta, Georgia, this year. This weekend-long conference combines learning how to live with lung... -
Fertility Preservation and Cancer
Medications and treatments for lung cancer can affect fertility in both women and men. This video covers how to work with a reproductive endocrinologist, the first steps after... -
No Mutations Virtual Meetup
No Mutation patients/survivors - Join us the 2nd Wednesday of every month to c onnect with others who share common experiences and build your community. Register in advance for...
A Survivor’s Experience with Biomarker Testing and TKI Treatments
A Survivor’s Experience with Biomarker Testing and TKI Treatments
Back in 2013, when Dan Cadigan was first diagnosed with stage III lung cancer, his treatment options were limited to surgery followed by chemotherapy. However, at his one-year follow-up scan, they found nodules in both lungs and he was diagnosed with stage IV recurrent cancer.Normally, it would have meant a return to chemo for treatment.But instead, thanks to a biomarker test that found an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation in the cancer cells, Dan was eligible for a new targeted…
Survivor Spotlight: Randi Young and Sharon Schneider Found Their Footing with Team LUNGevity
Survivor Spotlight: Randi Young and Sharon Schneider Found Their Footing with Team LUNGevity
Team LUNGevity attracts experienced athletes, newcomers, and everyone in between. Many run, bike, or swim in honor or in memory of someone diagnosed with lung cancer, but lung cancer patients and survivors participate as well. Randi Young and Sharon Schneider are living with lung cancer and have recently completed their first races with Team LUNGevity. Both women have their own history with the sport, but each has found healing and renewed satisfaction by achieving their goals with Team…
Being a Caregiver for a Parent
Being a Caregiver for a Parent
Being a caregiver for a parent means helping in different ways and playing different roles. For Aimee Yairi, it started when her dad told her that he was having a lingering cough in early 2021. The fear was that he had caught COVID. His primary care physician continued ordering x-rays for her father and prescribing different medications for pneumonia, asthma, and GERD—but resisted sending him to a specialist. Aimee advocated for her father to get a CT scan. And that was when the 7 cm…
Beloved Reporter Goes Public with His Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Beloved Reporter Goes Public with His Lung Cancer Diagnosis
A familiar voice to many in the greater Washington, DC area, Neal Augenstein, a beloved reporter at WTOP radio, joined fellow lung cancer survivor Melinda Ojermark to discuss his experience with lung cancer. Neal has a family history of the disease, so when a persistent cough would not go away, he asked his doctor for screening. A low-dose CT scan revealed that Neal had lung cancer, the same disease that had taken his father's life. Since receiving a Stage IV diagnosis in late-2022,…
Let Your Voice Be Heard!
Let Your Voice Be Heard!
We are collecting stories from patients, caregivers, friends, and family members! Tell us how lung cancer has affected your life. Email your story to us at support@lungevity.org. Thanks!