Lung Cancer Treatment to Benefit from Voice of Patients
At the end of December, the FDA released its “Voice of the Patient Report: Lung Cancer”, the latest step inan Initiative focused on better incorporating patient voices in the review and approval...
View ArticleCVS Caremark Pulling Tobacco Products - A Public Health Game-Changer
With CVS Caremark's announcement yesterday that they will no longer sell tobacco products, including cigarettes, at all CVS/pharmacy locations, the company took a bold step. They have decided to...
View ArticleThe Real Faces of Lung Cancer: One Woman's Journey to Survive
The American Lung Association shares the story of Janet Freeman-Daily from Seattle, Washington. She is a stage 4 lung cancer survivor and advocate in the fight against lung cancer. Prior to her...
View ArticleWhat do YOU think of Lung Cancer?
What do you think of when someone says lung cancer? Unfortunately, there is a stigma associated with lung cancer that plays a major role in the lung cancer experience for most people facing this...
View ArticleLung Association Ignites Movement in Fight Against #1 Cancer Killer of Women
It’s a fact: every five minutes, a woman in the U.S. is told she has lung cancer. That’s why the American Lung Association is proud to launch LUNG FORCE, a national health education movement with a...
View ArticleAmerican Lung Association Teams Up with Valerie Harper, Kellie Pickler and...
If you didn’t know that lung cancer is the #1 cancer killer of women, in America, you’re not alone. To change that and tackle this women’s health crisis, the American Lung Association has unveiled LUNG...
View ArticleClinical Trials and Lung Cancer: Is it the right decision for you?
Clinical trials contribute to advances in lung cancer and may be a good option for certain people facing lung cancer. Unfortunately, lung cancer clinical trial enrollment rates are very low. Why is...
View ArticleChicago Reception Launches Lung Force Movement
City of Chicago representatives, as well as members from the medical and corporate community joined the American Lung Association in Greater Chicago on May 14 at the Swissotel for the inaugural Chicago...
View ArticleMy First Cigarette, and My Last
In recognition of World No Tobacco Day, The American Lung Association offers this guest column, written by Academy Award winning actor Kirk Douglas, titled “My First Cigarette, and My Last.”
View ArticleLUNG FORCE Lung Cancer Call-In Day – 9/4/14
Lung cancer, the #1 cancer killer of both women and men in the United States, must be a national priority. With one of the highest incidence rates and one of the lowest survival rates, lung cancer...
View ArticleDelivering on a Promise: CVS Steps Up in the Fight Against Tobacco
Earlier this year, CVS took a bold step – announcing that they would remove all tobacco products from their CVS/pharmacy stores across the country by October 1st, a significant business decision with...
View ArticleOne Thousand Take a Stand against Lung Cancer
This past Sunday, nearly one thousand people gathered to take a stand against lung cancer and participated in the first-ever LUNG FORCE Walk-Oak Brook, sponsored locally by Northwestern Medicine. The...
View ArticleInaugural LUNG FORCE Walk exceeds expectations
LUNG FORCE Walk, LUNG FORCE, Fight for Air Walk, Milwaukee, 2014
View ArticleTreating the Whole You, Not Just Your Lung Disease
Lung disease can take a toll on a person’s quality of life. Whether you are facing lung cancer, COPD or another type of lung disease, you probably experience physical symptoms and emotional stress that...
View ArticleCoverage for Lung Cancer Screening Begins January 1
For the first time ever, starting on January 1, individuals who are at high risk for developing lung cancer may be eligible for screening at no out of pocket cost.
View ArticleFive Secrets for Quitting Smoking in 2015
Most smokers say they want to quit and many will make a New Year’s Resolution to quit in 2015. If this is your year to quit, the American Lung Association shares five tips to help you on the path to...
View ArticleProtect Your Health: Test Your Home for Radon
This month, take time to test your home for the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States: radon. It could save your life.
View ArticlePersonalized Medicine: Don't Guess. Test
We are in an exciting time for cancer treatment, and patients have options that didn't exist just a decade ago. Personalized or precision medicine is an emerging approach to healthcare where treatment...
View ArticleAmerican Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE Teams up with Academy Award® Nominee...
Today, the American Lung Association's LUNG FORCE initiative congratulates Academy Award® nominee Laura Dern for her acclaimed performance in the movie adaption of Cheryl Strayed’s 2012 memoir “Wild,”...
View ArticleResearchers Score Against Drug-resistant Cancers
Two laser-focused and resourceful researchers are on a quest to eradicate lung cancer, and with support from the American Lung Association are learning how and why the most serious tumors resist drug...
View ArticleDying for Awareness: The Lung Cancer Issue
With twenty plus years in healthcare, not much shocks me. But lung cancer is a different story.
View ArticleLUNG FORCE Research Innovation Project: Lung Cancer in Women
This year, the American Lung Association has created a new research award to examine gender differences in lung cancer. We are excited to announce that Sharad Goyal, MD is the first recipient of The...
View ArticleImmunotherapy—Helping Your Immune System Target Lung Cancer
2015 was a big year for lung cancer immunotherapy, with two drugs approved as a second-line treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer. What does that mean? Previously a patient with...
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