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...November is lung cancer awareness month and this past November marked 7 years since diagnosis. I would love to say that the worst part was everything I've had to go...

...Editor’s Note: LGBTQ+ stands for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. To learn more about gender identity, check out the interactive website The Genderbread Person. Have...

...Navigating the nuances of health insurance while also managing lung cancer can be a lot to juggle. In order to simplify the information, outlined below is the when, what and...

...As a stage IV lung cancer patient, I never thought surgery would be an option for me. In addition to my primary tumor in the right upper lobe of my...

...I’ve recently embarked on introducing a keto diet into my life. The word diet for cancer patients usually isn’t a good thing as most do not have an appetite and...

...People with lung cancer are living longer. This is a key finding of The State of Lung Cancer 2019 report issued by the American Lung Association. The survival rate for...

...Since we’re dealing with early detection, I want to insert a fact that many of your listeners may not know. Approximately half of new lung cancer diagnoses are in former...

...Dear Rush, You may not understand the magnitude of the initial impact and following aftershock waves from your recent public acknowledgement about your lung cancer diagnosis. From the moment of...

...When first diagnosed with lung cancer I refrained from doing internet searches, not because I feared learning about my cancer, but, because I had many warnings about being safe online...

...Beginning at the end of January and carrying on into the first week of February, the lung cancer community has suffered some severe long term losses. It began with Jennifer...

...I have a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in education, so to say that science has never been easy for me is not an understatement! I didn’t...

...The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently released its report, Cancer Statistics, 2020. The report found that the death rate from cancer in the US is dropping. Between 1991 and 2017...

...The immune system plays an important role in protecting us from disease, it is the body’s way to fight infection and illness. The normal immune system generally recognizes the healthy...

...I learned this past month that it’s never possible to become complacent when dealing with insurance companies and that self-advocacy is important. Since I am taking an oral targeted therapy...

...When I was first diagnosed 3 and a half years ago, I swore to myself that I would get involved in advocacy and help raise awareness. I felt that if...