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Diet and nutrition can be a worry for those undergoing treatment for lung cancer. Eating can sometimes feel like a chore due to nausea, difficulty swallowing, or stress and anxiety...

You always hear people say, “Don’t take it so personally”. Before you are diagnosed with lung cancer you never think it can happen to you. Since I was diagnosed, I...

Back in 2019 my husband was approached by a pastor that we know and asked him if we would consider becoming transitional foster parents. My husband said, "Sure what does...

Lung cancer can be tricky to diagnose. Few symptoms indicate a problem. As a result, lung cancer often goes undiagnosed until later stages. To learn more about your path to...

Many people, myself included, consider hair to be a big part of their identity. For this reason, one of the first questions people have when they are put on a...

If you are newly diagnosed with lung cancer, I cannot stress this enough - stay off Google or any other search engine. I say this to protect your mental health...

For the past four or five years, I never worried about my getting my results after a CT scan. I was always so confident that I would receive good results...

I have marveled at the emerging discoveries of lung cancer drugs and clinical trials. Most of the drugs have controlled gene mutations and metastases. In addition, some clinical trials have...

There are a few things that after you are diagnosed with lung cancer you find to be very difficult to handle. The diagnosis itself is hard but then you start...

When I was diagnosed with lung cancer 7 years ago, I never thought in a million years I would still be here to witness certain milestones. We don’t really realize...

This invader into our lives...lung cancer...not only wreaks havoc in our bodies, but it also breaks our hearts. As a longtime survivor, I have had the sacred privilege of knowing...

I wrote an essay last year about financial compensation for cancer patients when working with pharmaceutical companies and various cancer organizations. Cancer patients have vast, valuable experience, which the pharmaceutical...

I'm sure that anyone who walked into my house would ask, "Why is your Christmas tree up?" This is a complex question. In a way, it's honoring my dad's tradition. It has...

Has this happened to you? Have you told people, “I have lung cancer” and they reply, “Oh, but you don’t look sick.” So how are we lung cancer survivors/patients supposed...

I was thinking, what are some ways to soften the mood in survival? What are some of the things you wish you could have that help provide strength and hope...

I think that I am at a stage in this cancer journey that I am happy with. When I was diagnosed, I started treatment and getting bloodwork and scans. It...

Editor's Note: The deadline to ask your representative to sign the "Dear Colleague" letter is April 26, 2022. The lung cancer advocacy community is coming together like never before. It...

When people see me or pictures of me, they don't think, "That poor sick girl." They think, "Samantha, you can still work all day. You look fine. You got this."...

As recently as twenty years ago, everyone diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer was treated the same way — with chemotherapy. Immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and other treatment advances that we today...

The three main types of treatment that you can expect after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy. There are others but I will talk about...