January 27th, 2011
Dozens of doctors convened in Merced on Wednesday night to hear the latest on lung cancer and the plans to improve patients’ outcomes.
Dr. Heather Wakelee, an assistant professor for the Oncology Department at Stanford University, gave a talk about a comprehensive review of current standards in therapy for all stages of non-small-cell lung cancer and the results of the latest research that promises to improve the clinical outcomes of patients.
About 35 oncologists and family practitioners from the area attended the event at El Portal Comprehensive Cancer Center.
January 25th, 2011
On Sunday, February 6 the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation will host the second annual “Jog For Jill: A Breath Away From The Cure” in Berkeley. The jog begins at the Bear’s Lair at UC Berkeley and is meant to raise funds and increase Lung Cancer Awareness. It is in honor of Jill Costello a 22 year old UC Berkeley student that passed away of Lung Cancer in June 2010. In tribute of Costello’s Legacy and her dream of finding a cure for Lung Cancer some of her closest friends and family including her cousin student of Saint Mary’s Jessica Morello ’11 began a chapter at the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation.
January 6th, 2011
BY: DAGNY STUART
1/06/2011 - Paula Hart was just 46 when she starting having shortness of breath, along with a nagging cough and intermittent pain in her left shoulder.
After a trip to the emergency room in her hometown of Evansville, Ind., and a series of additional tests, doctors finally diagnosed Hart with non-small cell lung cancer
. The cancer was already advanced — stage IV.
January 6th, 2011
The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF) was founded with one diagnosis, long before its official start date, when Bonnie’s life was redefined. Bonnie’s prognosis was grim when she was diagnosed with Lung Cancer in 2004. But following a 17-hour surgery, a battery of nurses and physicians, an army of radiation and chemotherapy treatments, blood clots, procedures and tubes that invaded her formerly predictable life, Bonnie became a Lung Cancer survivor. She realized that she was in a unique position to be the voice that could be heard throughout the world for the other 1.5 million people personally affected by the #1 cancer killer – Lung Cancer. She began to think of ways to help others facing the crisis of this highly stigmatized disease.
January 4th, 2011
A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor’s office.
Boston scientists who invented the test and health care giant Johnson & Johnson will announce Monday that they are joining forces to bring it to market. Four big cancer centers also will start studies using the experimental test this year.
Stray cancer cells in the blood mean that a tumor has spread or is likely to, many doctors believe. A test that can capture such cells has the potential to transform care for many types of cancer, especially breast, prostate, colon and lung.
