LungBlog

Geoff Gallop has revealed that his wife has advanced lung cancer. Speaking to The West Australian from Sydney yesterday, the former Labor premier said the family were hopeful that Bev, who had undergone surgery to remove a lung after being diagnosed last month, would make a full recovery.

Ron Lancaster, a CFL legend known during his playing days as the Little General, has died. He was 69.He died Wednesday night, a Hamilton Tiger-Cats spokesman said Thursday.

A former player, coach and team executive, Lancaster was diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this summer and had been undergoing radiation and chemotherapy to treat the disease.

Three TV networks, cancer research advocates and more than 60 celebrities from music, sports, TV and film made history Friday night with a live telethon that aired simultaneously on NBC, ABC and CBS.

The discovery of ‘’significant abnormalities'’ on two patient’s chart, which had previously been ‘’reported as normal'’, would appear to warrant a full-scale emergency response. But a month later, management at Louth Hospitals was still seeking ‘’an opportunity to discuss how we can carry out an audit on a wider sample of this radiologist’s work'’.

Jansen, 64, was diagnosed with lung cancer a year and a half ago, which spread into his adrenal glands. After several operations, chemo treatments and bouts with pneumonia, he’s battling back and recently gained nearly 15 pounds. “I’m on chemo for life….until a miracle comes through the door.”

Close to 1,000 rainbow ribbons were handed out Friday to those who came to a funeral service for Meaghan Latone, a Fairport native and non-smoker’s lung cancer activist.

The concept of the ribbons, said her father, Bill Barry of Fairport, symbolized her fight for awareness of the disease she battled for two years, one that receives too little financial support and deserves more research. For instance, other cancers, including breast, prostate and colon cancers, receive a lot of publicity. Breast cancer has a pink ribbon, he said. But, Mrs. Latone would say, there are 72 kinds of cancer.

“Wouldn’t it be nice if there was one ribbon and every one was fought equally?” Barry said. “It gives everyone the chance to be advocates and say, here’s what cancer is about.”

Granny Ride was launched in 2001 by the family of Judy “Granny” Rubeck, a Putnam County woman who succumbed to lung cancer that year.

“While dealing with the fact that our loved one was terminally ill, we discovered firsthand the hardship of an adult getting financial assistance from anywhere or anyone,” said Rubeck’s daughter, Frances Cancilla, who has been the lead organizer of the event for the past four years, taking the mantle from her father, Jerry Rubeck.

Please support the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation

Sunday, September 28
12 - 5 PM
Sharon Meadow • Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
1 Stage • 5 Hours • 30 Comedians • A Million Laughs

Comedy Day is a free outdoor comedy concert featuring nearly 30 of today’s top performers. It was founded in 1981 as a way for Bay Area comics to say thank you to comedy fans for their support and to The City that has nurtured so many comedians. Since then, more than 500 of the world’s funniest performers have given the gift of laughter to over a half-million people at Comedy Day.

This year’s show is dedicated to Comedy Day founder Jose Simon.