GLCC and IASLC Form Partnership to Explore Progress in Lung Cancer Treatment
Posted: August 22, 2019
The Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) and the IASLC have formed a partnership to explore the progress that has been made in...
Improving Clinical Trials Through Clinician, Patient Use of Social Media
By DR Camidge
Posted: March 1, 2019
The National Cancer Institute featured a workshop in June 2018 titled “At the Crossroads of Social Media and Clinical...
Nursing Care’s Technological Patient-Care Transformation
By John McPhelim, RN, BSc (Hons)
Posted: March 1, 2019
Nursing—particularly communication—in lung cancer care is transforming as a result of the innovative use of supportive...
After the Consultation: Social Media, Inter-Patient Communication, and Clinical Trials
By D. R. Camidge
Posted: October 2018
Between March 2017 and April 2018, nearly 20,000 new members signed up for the Lung Cancer Survivors Support...
Motivated, Engaged, and Organized: The New Molecular Cohorts of Lung Cancer
By D.R. Camidge
Posted: June 2018
Just as physicians and scientists no longer treat lung cancer as a single disease because of molecular distinctions, patient advocacy...
The Lung Cancer Research Foundation and Free to Breathe Merge to Fight Lung Cancer
Posted: December 2017
Effective September 30, 2017, the Lung Cancer Research Foundation and Free to Breathe have merged organizations, with the goal of closing the...
Lung Cancer Awareness Month Gathers Support and Momentum in Its Second Year
By Keightley Amen, BA, ELS
Posted: December 2017
While many people remain unaware of the advancements in the field of lung cancer and research spending still...
Advocating for Inclusion of the Patient’s Voice
By Lori L. Alexander, MTPW, ELS, MWC
Posted: December 2017
Since 2006, the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF) has brought together a diverse group...
Second Annual Lung Cancer Awareness Month to Publicize Research Advances and Hope
By Keightley Amen, BA, ELS
Posted: October 2017
This November, survivors around the world will celebrate the second annual Lung Cancer Awareness Month (LCAM) Consortium. Together,...
Ellen V. Sigal, PhD: Leading the Cancer Research Advocacy Community
By Lori Alexander, MTPW, ELS, MWC®
Ellen Sigal’s unsurpassed passion for cancer research advocacy was ignited 30 years ago after the devastating loss of her...
