What’s going on during Lung Cancer Awareness Month?
It’s Lung Cancer Awareness Month!
Each November, the entire lung cancer community focuses on raising awareness about lung cancer, lung cancer screening, and the importance of biomarker testing.
We’ve made it easy to join in by creating a social media toolkit with shareable items. Reach out to your friends and family to spread the word and help us create a world where no one dies of lung cancer!
Lung Cancer Community Celebration
We kicked off Lung Cancer Awareness Month at the Celebration of Hope Gala in New York City and Breathe Deep TOGETHER events presented by Amgen around the country. Thank you to all the survivors, caregivers, advocates, and donors who turned out. Because of you, we're improving outcomes for people diagnosed with lung cancer.
Advocating for Treatment with BlackDoctor.org
On Wednesday, November 9 at 7 pm ET, LUNGevity is partnering with BlackDoctor.org for a Facebook Live about the importance of advocating for treatments and coping with a lung cancer diagnosis. LUNGevity Lung Cancer Care Navigator Angela James connects with a survivor/advocate, and a thoracic oncologist, for this important discussion.
Find Your Lung Cancer Community This November
LUNGevity just launched the Find Your Lung Cancer Community PSA. This empowering video shares the experiences of people living with lung cancer and their caregivers about the importance of finding your community to help you live a better life with lung cancer. Please share the video on social media!
LUNGevity's Fall Science Meeting
The annual LUNGevity Fall Science meeting is an opportunity for our research awardees to share their progress with the Scientific Advisory Board as well as donors. With this year’s commitment of $4.9M in funding across our research award programs, there was much exciting work to learn about. Thank you to the donors who make this possible, and congratulations to the research awardees who will shape the future of lung cancer science.
Legislative & Advocacy Victory
Thanks to the hard work of over 50 patient advocacy groups, including LUNGevity, Delaware recently passed copay reform legislation. This new bill makes insurance companies count copay assistance from third parties, such as manufacturers and nonprofit organizations, toward a patient's insurance out-of-pocket maximum. To stay up-to-date on policy issues that matter to the lung cancer community, join the LUNGevity Action Network. Your voice counts!
Webinars to Watch Now
- Inclusive Cancer Care for the LGBTQIA Community
Informative for patients and healthcare professionals, a group conversation on receiving healthcare as an LGBTQIA person and how to promote inclusivity in the medical setting. - Increasing Diversity in STEM Research
Black Press USA invited LUNGevity to talk about the newly announced Minority Mentorship and Training Program, and how to increase and support diversity in the lung cancer research workforce.
Spread the Word: National Lung Cancer Screening Day
November 12 is National Lung Cancer Screening Day and a reminder to ask those we know to get their annual screening if they:
- Are aged 50 to 80 years and...
- Have a 20 pack-year smoking history and...
- Currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years
If you’re not sure if someone you know is eligible for a lung cancer screening, share this lung cancer screening quiz with them.
