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Third annual golf tournament benefits the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation. Tournament includes trophies, contests and prizes. $150 (reception and dinner), $450 (golf and dinner), $1,600 (foursome), sponsorships $2,006-$25,000. Sept. 22. Lake Merced Golf & Country Club, Daly City. (415) 357-1278

June 25, 2008 marks a revolutionary day in history for anybody who cares about Lung Cancer, the Number One Cancer Killer in this country. It’s almost tantamount to July 4th, Independence Day, for Lung Cancer. For the first time, in the last four decades, Lung Cancer finally has a voice, thanks to Senators Chuck Hagel, Dianne Feinstein and the tireless work over the last five years of Laurie Fenton, Sheila Ross and the Lung Cancer Alliance.

Making Headlines: Lori Hope, a member of The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, recently discussed her tips for caring for lung cancer patients in the Wall Street Journal

Lung Cancer is the #1 cancer killer, yet it is TREATABLE and 
BEATABLE. If you or someone you know are 40 or over and at risk, 
please contact Kate Tully, Lung Cancer Program Screening Coordinator 
at 650.367.LUNG. $399/scan. Brought to you by Bonnie J. Addario Lung 
Cancer Foundation at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City.

Joan Gaeta’s husband and their five kids threw her a party Saturday night.

Her photos greeted guests by the front entrance. Tall vases with calla lilies graced the tables. The dance floor was ready for action.

She would have loved it.

Not long after the lifelong nonsmoker died at 68 from lung cancer in July, her family started talking about an event in her memory.

8pm ET / 5pm PT on HEADLINE NEWS
“Nancy Grace” is television’s only justice themed/interview/debate show, designed for those interested in the justice story of the day. Bonnie J. Addario and Boardmember Deborah Morosini, MD will discuss Lung Cancer.

Literally hours after non-smoker Dana Reeve, wife to actor Christopher Reeve, died from lung cancer, Bonnie Addario filed papers for the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation. “Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer and the survival rate is only 15.5 percent,” says Addario, a woman who has been a lung cancer survivor for three-and-a-half years.

 Lung cancer didn’t stop Bonnie Addario, 60, from giving a big voice to those suffering from the same cancer as her.
The San Carlos resident began a nonprofit organization that gave more than $2.5 million in the last two years to research and provide awareness on the cancer that kills more people than any other cancer.
“There are too many people dying every day,” she said. “Four-hundred-and-fifty-five people die every day from lung cancer … That’s like an airplane crashing every day,” she said.

 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women.

Now there’s a new screening program (sponsored by Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation) at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, CA,  that may give patients a fighting chance for long-term survival.

 Lung cancer survivor and San Carlos resident Bonnie Addario has been honored for her efforts to combat the deadly disease.

She recently received a local Jefferson Award for creating the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, which has raised more than $2 million in the past two years for cancer research. That honor puts her in the running to win one of the five national Jefferson Awards in June. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis established the award in 1972.