A Balancing Act: Managing Patients’ Expectations
By Leah Lawrence
Posted: December 11, 2019
Many patients newly diagnosed with lung cancer have difficulty navigating the world of cancer when unexpectedly and unwillingly thrust...
Memoir Resonates with Oncologists and Patients with Lung Cancer
By Lori Alexander, MTPW, ELS, MWC
How does a person with stage IV lung cancer live a meaningful life? That’s the question Paul Kalanithi explores...
From Patient to Patient Research Advocate: The STARS Journey
By Adam Mohrbacher
Posted: December 11, 2019
With the rise of organized lung cancer patient advocacy groups,1 patients, advocates, and caregivers are now playing a larger...
Deb Violette, Lung Cancer Survivor and Advocate: Her Story
Posted: June 2017
Editor’s note: IASLC Lung Cancer News is committed to including the patient’s voice and experience of having lung cancer as part of...
STARS Patient Research Advocate Training Program Seeks Patients and Caregivers
By Adam Mohrbacher
Posted: December 11, 2019
Patients with lung cancer and their caregivers are becoming more empowered and knowledgeable than ever. As a result, lung...
Profile of Advocacy: Shanghai Cancer Recovery Club
IASLC Lung Cancer News is pleased to present the following Q&A with the staff of Shanghai Cancer Recovery Club, an organization in Shanghai, China,...
Disrupting the Paradigm: Partnering With Oncogene-Focused Patient Groups to Propel Research
By Amy C. Moore, PhD, and Upal Basu Roy, PhD, MPH
Posted: April 16, 2020
Genomic alterations drive more than 60% of adenocarcinoma cases of NSCLC.1...
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...
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...
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...
