Resident  Estelle Branden is a survivor.

She was among the more than 100 who  attended the recent Women’s Guild Lung Institute Lung Cancer Survivor Celebra-tion at Cedars-Sinai  Medical Center.

Branden, who attended  for her second year, had BAC Cancer. Bronchioalveolar cancer, sometimes called the “mystery” lung cancer, accounts for 2 to 14 percent of all lung cancers and less is known about this type of cancer than other non-small cell lung cancers.
The World Health Organiza-tion has classified BAC as a type of acenocarcinoma, a form of lung cancer that is more common in non-smokers.

Today, Lung Cancer Alliance-Massachusetts (LCA-MA) issued its 3rd Annual Report Card on Lung Cancer. The 2009 Report Card is an assessment of progress being made against this lethal disease in the state of Massachusetts. LCA-MA is a chapter of Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA), the only national organization dedicated exclusively to patient support and advocacy for people living with or at risk for lung cancer.

Once again, a medical screening program designed for the early detection of lung cancer is available to eligible current and former Department of Energy K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant nuclear weapons workers.

Beginning this month, the Worker Health Protection Program (WHPP) has resumed the K-25 low-dose CT scanning program intended to detect lung cancer at its early and most treatable stage.

Today is a bittersweet day. Have you ever begun to grieve the end of something, while you are still in the midst of the celebration? I feel like a bride during her wedding dance already missing the guests. But on this last day of Lung Cancer Awareness Month it’s time for me to take the advice of my holistic friends. Stay in the present. Appreciate the efforts of everyone who is working so hard, and do what I can today.

A LUNG cancer patient has spoken of his determination to continue living his life as normal as a new drive sets out to raise awareness of the symptoms of the disease.

John Belchamber spoke out during lung cancer awareness month as Macmillan Cancer Support and the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation joined forces to urge people to look out for symptoms and seek help from their GP.

A SPECIALLY-BREWED beer to raise money for lung cancer research is on sale in some Brains pubs.

The beer is part of the massive bid to raise £1m for Velindre Cancer Centre’s Stepping Stones appeal, which will culminate in 15 former Wales rugby captains climbing Kilimanjaro.

The beer has been temporarily called Captain’s Climb Ale as its final name will be decided by Echo readers. A Media Wales competition – the closing date is today – has been running for the past six weeks to find a name for the beer.

A torn ACL four years ago changed Becky Augustin’s life. She underwent knee surgery, and during her recovery, she developed pneumonia.

A nonsmoker, Augustin, now 55, never thought she would develop lung cancer. But the X-ray performed to diagnose her pneumonia also detected a suspicious spot on her lungs.

It was just a slight cough and a tingling in her fingers.

State Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon wasn’t really worried about either as this year’s regular legislative session was winding down at the Capitol.

“We were all coughing,” she said. “It’s like a meat locker in there.”

As for the tingling, a fellow lawmaker suggested it might be carpal tunnel syndrome because she did a lot of repetitive page-turning as a member of the budget-writing House Appropriations Committee.

When some types of tissue become cancerous, there are the options of surgical removal or aggressive treatment to the affected area. Unfortunately, these choices are not always available to cancer patients whose illness has originated in the lungs. Because they are both delicate and vital to sustaining life, diseases that affect these organs often have grim prognoses.

If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancerous tumors in the lung, you do not need to give up hope. While the statistics may not be encouraging, some people with this disease manage to live for years or even see their illness go into remission. While there is no cure for this disease, there are steps you can take that may improve your prognosis (long-term expectancies).

As part of an effort to increase awareness of lung cancer and its devastating effects on this state, State Representative Dwayne Bohac (R-Houston) and Dr. John Zerwas (R-Katy) honored the efforts of two local doctors who are battling on the front lines to treat the second leading killer of Americans. Lung cancer is one of the most common and deadly forms of this disease and will kill more people this year than all other cancers combined.

The doctors, Ralph Zinner and Raymond Sawaya, are professors at the University of Texas Health Science Center/MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and are world renowned for their work in treating cancer patients and their clinical research.