Get Loud. Get Active. Get Ready for Lung Cancer Awareness Month!
This November, we’re turning up the volume for lung cancer awareness. It’s your moment to take action and make your story heard! Help educate others about the realities of lung cancer and the critical importance of early detection. Simple actions you take will inspire others and shine a light on lung cancer.
We've got activities and events lined up all month long:
National Lung Cancer Screening Day (11/9): Partnering with End Lung Cancer Now, LUNGevity will be visiting O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, IU Health in Blackford County (Indiana), and DC VA Medical Center, among others, to help bring accessible screening to cities across the country.
Get Involved Nationwide: Join LUNGevity and the American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative (ALCSI) for Breath Deep TOGETHER lung cancer awareness events in Atlanta, Boulder, Chicago, Dallas, and more... or host your own!
Follow The Great World Race (11/15-11/21): Two-time cancer survivor Sean Swarner will be running seven marathons in seven days across seven continents to spread awareness for Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
Sign up for updates, get your gear, and let’s make noise for lung cancer awareness!
Anyone with lungs can get lung cancer ... and anyone with lungs can make a difference!
Breathe Deep with LaKisha
Unite with the lung cancer community on October 26!
For LaKisha Cole, a stage I lung cancer diagnosis was a turning point that taught her to live life fully and without fear. Now, 13 years cancer-free, LaKisha returns to Breathe Deep TOGETHER each year to celebrate life, unity, and strength in the lung cancer community. LaKisha shares, “Breathe Deep brings everyone together in a special way. You are surrounded by so many people whose lives have been affected by lung cancer. We are coming together to let cancer know [it has] not defeated us. I love that!”
Register today for an experience you can’t miss:
🎪 Explore Lung Health Resource Fairs for life-changing information, support, and resources from nearly 50 partners across events in Boston, DC, and NYC. Visit the event pages to see the exciting activities happening throughout the morning!
👟 Lace up your shoes and join LUNGevity in our ALCSI-led Community Walks happening in cities across the country or start your own.
Small Cell SMASHERS Fireside Chat with Dr. Christine Lovly
Recorded October 8 on Facebook Live
Christine Lovly, MD, PhD, of Vanderbilt University joined us last week to discuss the importance of clinical trials and the role of translational research in small cell lung cancer.
Moderated by Misty Shields, MD, PhD, IU Health, and LUNGevity’s Amy C. Moore, PhD, VP of Global Engagement and Research Partnerships, this new monthly virtual series with guest speakers highlights the latest discoveries and breakthroughs for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). You can tune into the recorded chat here.
To be sure you don't miss out on these enlightening and uplifting chats, sign up for our SCLC Patient Gateway emails. You'll get a newsletter twice a year plus alerts about upcoming events of interest to the SCLC community.
ICYMI: Watch the International Lung Cancer Survivorship Conference!
Get access to the recordings between now and December 31
With over 1,100 attendees from 56 countries, LUNGevity's ILCSC24 brought our global lung cancer community together to connect, share, and learn. This year's program offered reflections on the past 20 years of lung cancer research and treatment advances while highlighting opportunities for continued progress.
From breakthroughs in immunotherapy to personalized care, each session offered fresh insights that left us inspired, informed, and ready to push for what’s next in survivorship.
You can still join in! Watch the recordings at your convenience until December 31. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn how to navigate your lung cancer diagnosis from world-class experts and catch the discussions everyone’s buzzing about.
LUNGevity Researchers Take Action to Improve Routine Lung Cancer Screening
Are you eligible for lung cancer screening?
Catching lung cancer early, before it spreads, saves lives. When we use lung cancer screening to detect lung cancer earlier, it’s easier to treat and sometimes it’s even curable.
Project ACTS (Adherence to CT Screening), a partnership between LUNGevity Foundation, the University of Colorado, and the Moffitt Cancer Center, has developed a toolkit to support lung cancer screening programs around the country. The toolkit will help doctors support people’s efforts to return for follow-up low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans, which are an essential part of effective lung cancer screening and early detection.
Recently, a major milestone in this project—a scientific study describing how the toolkit was developed—was published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology’s Clinical and Research Reports. This work was made possible with the support of Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation.
Eligibility for lung cancer screening in the US depends on age and history of tobacco exposure. Are you eligible? Take this quiz to find out.
Top Lung Cancer Discoveries at WCLC and ESMO 2024
At the end of summer, the scientific community buzzes with anticipation for two major conferences, the World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). These conferences bring us the latest breakthroughs in lung cancer treatment and early detection.
Every year, LUNGevity brings you the big news from these conferences, including recaps of the most important advances in treating NSCLC, SCLC, and more.
This year, the excitement reached new heights! There was so much groundbreaking research to share that LUNGevity had to split its coverage into four separate articles. Ready to dive into a treasure trove of cutting-edge research?
Get the highlights:
- Part 1: Metastatic NSCLC
- Part 2: Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Part 3: Early-Stage & Locally Advanced NSCLC
- Part 4: Early Detection
This is great progress, and our work as a community is not done. LUNGevity continues to strategically support innovative research to help us fulfill our mission of transforming lung cancer into a curable disease.
Learn more about the research we are funding and how you can help.
Team LUNGevity Erobert die Welt (Takes on the World)!
We were off to Germany in September, where our first-ever BMW Berlin Marathon team raised around $36,000. Our next stop off home soil: the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon (only 5 entries remain!).
Closer to home, we recently celebrated five unstoppable athletes crossing the finish line at the Life Time Chicago Half Marathon & 5K presented by HOKA. Special shoutout to Chelsea, who completed her third event with LUNGevity, earning her a well-deserved spot in our Repeaters Club.
Team LUNGevity’s BMW Berlin Marathon team is all smiles in their pre-race team meetup.
And we’re not stopping there. This past weekend, 47 Team LUNGevity athletes geared up for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, pounding the pavement and making every mile count. We will keep racing, keep inspiring, and keep making a difference for those impacted by lung cancer!
Research Awards Fuel the Future of Lung Cancer
We need fresh, brilliant minds to keep pushing the boundaries of lung cancer research. That’s why LUNGevity is proud to announce the recipients of our 13th annual Career Development Awards. These awards ensure the brightest scientists have the time and resources they need to set up their labs and tackle the toughest challenges in lung cancer. This year, we’re proud to support three amazing junior researchers who are ready to make waves in the way we diagnose and treat lung cancer.
Congratulations to Julie Deutsch, MD (Johns Hopkins Medicine), Tamar Nobel, MD, MPH (Montefiore Medical Center), and Yan Yang, PhD (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)!
Fundraise Your Way: September's Rockin' Recaps
September was full of heart and excitement for our Create Your Own fundraisers! The 4th Annual JC Memorial Golf Outing swung into action (literally!), raising its total to over $100,000 in memory of Jordan Christie since 2020.
Meanwhile, the energy was electric for the Rock and Rally for Lung Cancer Research, where Semple Band rocked the house in memory of Tom Bowles.
Rocking out to Semple Band in Elmhurst, IL.
From the greens to the stage, our community showcases what it means to fundraise with passion and purpose.
Feeling inspired? Whether it's through golf, music, or something uniquely your own, you can create your own event to make a difference, too!
Advocate Spotlight: May Ogilvie
Meet May, a self-described “mom, wife, warrior” and lung cancer survivor-advocate from Greater Houston, Texas.
May advocates with her daughter, Mia, in mind. May’s strongest motivation comes from a deep desire to see Mia grow up and to increase quality of life and survivorship for current and future lung cancer patients.
May recognizes the importance and urgency of research advocacy. “The advances from scientific research are nothing short of amazing,” she says. “I, and others like me, need the research breakthroughs to continue.” May has also met with her members of Congress on Capitol Hill to urge them to support increases in federal funding for lifesaving lung cancer research.
May takes every opportunity she can to raise awareness about lung health and lung cancer and to counter harmful stigmas. May says that even close friends and family have told her, “You don’t look like you have cancer.” But she reminds them that even though it might not be obvious from the outside, living with lung cancer is a daily battle of mental fortitude.
Read more of May’s story on the LUNGevity Action Network blog.
Important changes are coming to the Medicare Part D program in 2025. Check out our blog post for what you can expect—and remember that open enrollment begins October 15!
Also affecting Medicare users ...
Congress must take action by the end of this year to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries can continue to access care using telehealth. Please take a moment to write your legislators about this important topic using our simple tool in the LUNGevity Action Network.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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