Faces of Lung Cancer

Runner and Non-Smoker, 44, Diagnosed With Lung Cancer: ‘I Couldn’t Wrap My Head Around It’ Shira Kupperman Boehler, like an increasing number of women, didn't fit the profile for the typical lung cancer patient. Now, she's spreading awareness.

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Community Sign-on Letter: Support $60M for Lung Cancer Research in FY 2027 CDMRP-Defense Appropriations Bill We invite your facility/organization to sign on to a community letter urging Congress to restore and fully fund the Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) at $60 million in the FY 2027 Defense Appropriat...

Please sign and share. www.votervoice.net/mobile/LCA/P... #lungcancer #cancer #lcsm

Beloved firefighter tearfully reacts to insurance denial of stage 4 cancer drugs YouTube video by NBC Bay Area

Insurance company denies treatment payment for firefighter diagnosed with job related Stage IV Lung Cancer. @nbcbayarea.com #LungCancer #lcsm #cancer

Did you know this about lung cancer? #cancerawareness #cancersucks #cancertok #lungcancer TikTok video by Young Lung Cancer Is A Thing

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Lung Cancer is being diagnosed much more often in young women. This is not the kind of trending we want. #LungCancer #NoStigma #lcsm

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New lung cancer research insights 🎥

In this expert roundtable led by Dr. @jennifermarksmd, Dr. Elliot Brea shares ASCO 2025 updates on emerging cellular therapies, including CAR T-cell therapy, for NSCLC and SCLC—explained clearly and concisely.

Watch the full video: youtu.be/hLy10mitvG8

Integrating breast and lung cancer screening could identify LC earlier Leveraging the reach of mammography programs may improve lung cancer screening uptake.

A significant number of women eventually diagnosed with lung cancer (LC) undergo mammography but are not screened for lung cancer at the time #radiology #breastcancer #lungcancer #LCS #mammography buff.ly/fHCtojI

Bristol Myers Squibb Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Accelerate the Early Detection of Lung Cancer - Nathan Pennell

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#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews

Somewhere between 10 and 20% of patients have EGFR+ lung cancer. It’s more common in women and people of Asian descent. It occurs often in a different part of the lung than a smoking-related cancer (mine was in my upper left lung). Thankfully, there are targeted genetic drugs, like the one I take.

Once used everywhere, asbestos is now known to cause serious diseases, including lung cancer and mesothelioma.

Yet, it still lingers in buildings and products around the world.

Understanding asbestos is key to prevention and to #BeatPollution: https://ow.ly/jfiY50XWH3m

The Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventative Services Act passed the House yesterday. Now it's time for the Senate to act on it. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for women, globally and in the U.S., with rising numbers of nonsmoking, younger women being diagnosed every year.

“Shame can shape how early patients get diagnosed, & how aggressively they pursue treatment, if at all….

Such delays can be deadly: Lung cancer’s 5-year survival rate drops to 9% from 60%, depending on how early it’s found.”🧪🛟

Veteran Firefighter Denied Insurance Coverage for Stage 4 Lung Cancer Treatment: ‘I Am Forced to Stand Here and Beg’ In March 2025, veteran firefighter Ken Jones was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. His insurance company has since denied coverage for his life-saving treatment, as well as an appeal filed by his do...

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A veteran firefighter is forced to raise money for his stage 4 lung cancer battle after he claims he was denied insurance coverage for treatment. l 📷: GoFundMe

All proceeds in this sequel to Prospects, will go towards my wife's fight against her stage four lung cancer. This dark psychological thriller is intense and will make you breathless! 📚 #darkthriller #darkpyschologicalsuspense tinyurl.com/2fbdupdm

I hadn’t seen it. Thanks!

For Lung Cancer Patients, Shame Is a Deadly Side Effect

Jim Pantelas is a #lungcancer patient advocate. I’ve been so lucky to know him. May he continue to work his advocacy magic www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w... #cancer #lcsm #nostigma

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

More Americans are surviving cancer — even the deadliest ones For the first time, the five-year survival rate for all cancers has reached 70 percent, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.

American Cancer Society’s annual report released Tuesday show for the 1st time that the five-year survival rate for all cancers has reached 70%, with the most notable survival gains among people diagnosed with more fatal cancers such as myeloma, liver #cancer & #lungcancer. #lcsm wapo.st/3LFpinY

Turning the page on the year doesn’t mean turning down the volume. #LungCancer advocacy remains essential—today, tomorrow, and beyond. Join us March 1–3 in Washington, D.C. at the Voices Summit to take lung cancer advocacy to Capitol Hill.

Register by 1/23: go2.org/voices-summit

As 2025 comes to a close, we have been reflecting with @Young Lung Cancer Is A Thing on some of the most powerful advice we heard from the lung cancer community this year. Like these words from Leah, ... TikTok video by Oncogene Cancer Research

Advice to the newly diagnosed. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yG66dB/ #cancer #lungcancer #lcsm

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There’s a lesson there.

No, it’s a huge machine.

U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands. Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.

5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.

WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.

Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.

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I’m sorry your family has to deal with this. xo

I have a couple of friends who also have lung cancer throughout their families. May I ask which mutation runs in your family?

That’s a new one!

Barry Manilow to undergo surgery to remove cancerous spot on lung. #lcsm #cancer #lungcancer

That’s is a thing of questionable beauty.

Some of the treatments for lung cancer are either not approved by the NHS, or are approved much later than in the United States, due to cost. If we have universal healthcare for all, this reality must be understood.

Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet of the Black Arts Movement, dies aged 81 The award-winning US poet and author of works like Black Feeling, Black Talk and Those Who Ride the Night Winds has died after a third cancer diagnosis

Nikki Giovanni died on this date 12/9 in 2024 as a result of #LungCancer. Read more about her here. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d... #lcsm #cancer