LungBlog

We need more public education that smoking does not cause all lung cancers. Because of the stigma of smoking attached to lung cancer, it receives less funding than any other cancer and is the No. 1 cancer killer. Even our armed services helps fund research for pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer but not to lung cancer research.

What do Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation have in common? Jessica Kagan Cushman. Introducing the new Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation LUNGSTORE with a BANGle! We’ve steered clear of the multi-colored rubber wristbands for a reason. Lung Cancer is too important and when the rubber meets the road…it deserves a store filled with SIMPLY THE BEST, most desirable, and eye-catching inventory. Stay tuned for new items as our store expands.

Most people do not know that lung cancer takes more lives than all the other major cancers combined. It will kill more than three times as many men as prostate cancer and nearly twice as many women as breast cancer. Yet lung cancer receives only a small fraction of research funding.

There is a particularly hideous stigma surrounding this disease, yet 60 percent of new patients are former smokers or people who have never smoked.

“Smokescreen” features man-on-the-street interviews, lung cancer facts, interspersed with comments by Duke University’s Jennifer Garst, MD, and stories from folks touched by lung cancer. Click here

Cancer patients will have a new resource for information next Monday.

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and the Wyoming chapter of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation created a resource library and boutique to assist patients, families and caretakers after a doctor says, “You have cancer.”

The diagnosis is overwhelming, said Leonard Geringer, manager for radiation therapy at CRMC and co–chair for the 2008 Komen Wyoming Race for the Cure. He added that it’s often difficult for patients to find credible information. But the next steps are crucial.

Although July, lung cancer awareness month, is about to end, the C Network focuses its attention on lung cancer and how to practice vigilance, especially among smokers and those at high risk, through early detection.

Inquiry serves as a painful reminder of a father’s death from cancer

The use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors to target the epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) in patients with non–small-cell lung cancer is effective but limited by the emergence of drug-resistance mutations. Molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells may provide a strategy for noninvasive serial monitoring of tumor genotypes during treatment.

One thing that separates out those with lung cancer from those with other forms of cancer, is the stigma associated with it. How many people will ask her if she smoked? Those with lung cancer are often looked upon like they brought this disease on through poor lifestyle choices. What a lonely place to be.

The first thing we want to do is remind anyone who will listen to be supportive. Many people, like our friend, have a lung cancer that is unrelated to smoking. Secondly, we want to revisit and go through what we know about lung cancer prevention in non-smokers - what to avoid, and what to do, to minimize your risk.

The number of non-smokers who develop lung cancer is growing every year.

There are 170,000 cases of lung cancer in the United States each year, and 10% of those are found in non-smokers.