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Navigating Everyday Life with NSCLC

“When a lump in my collarbone emerged, I needed answers. I was diagnosed with lung cancer at 29. I hope these resources help answer some of your questions.”

— Stephen Huff, LungCancer.net Patient Leader

Personalized Medicine Requires Getting Personal

As Patch Adams said, “You treat a disease you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win no matter the outcome”. I can tell you firsthand...

What Should A Lung Cancer Patient Look Like?

Recently I read my colleague Denise's post at LungCancer.net, The Struggle You Don't See. I was very moved as I survived lung cancer for six years. Like Denise, I had...

Lung Cancer is NOT an Automatic Death Sentence

Recently, a woman in an online parenting group that I belong to announced that she had been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer and she was very upset about telling...

Why I Got A Port

I got my port placed in 2016 when I was participating in a clinical trial in Boston traveling back and forth from Chicago. I remember wholeheartedly that I did not...

My Family Is Closer After My Lung Cancer

I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer five and a half years ago. Although the pain caused by lung cancer and the side effects of treatment have been stabilized,...

Live Beyond the Second Chance

I am living proof that targeted therapy treatment works well for stage 4 lung cancer survivors with gene mutation and brain metastasis. Moreover, the quality of care I get from...