2023 World Lung Cancer Day Schedule of Events
See what’s happening during the World Lung Cancer Day Social Media Takeover
12 pm Eastern | 1 pm Eastern | 2 pm Eastern | 3 pm Eastern
The schedule of events for World Lung Cancer Day on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 is action-packed. Help us get the message out this special day by liking, commenting, and sharing our posts, tweets, and photos – let the world know that more lung cancer research funding is needed!
Share your own #LivingWithLungCancer stories and photos too. Use the hashtags #LivingWithLungCancer, #WLCD23, #LCFAResearch. Tag us in your posts @lcfamerica!
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Noon Eastern | 11 a.m. Central | 10 a.m. Mountain | 9 a.m. Pacific
Noon Eastern | 11 a.m. Central | 10 a.m. Mountain | 9 a.m. Pacific
Join President and Co-Founder Kim Norris and Executive Director Jim Baraski as they turn over LCFA’s social media controls to lung cancer patient advocates and researchers along with a peek of how they are using their lungs this World Lung Cancer Day – and every day to get more funding for lung cancer research. Starting off with an interview with Dr. David Carbone, Professor of Medicine at The Ohio State University. Hear how Dr. Carbone is pushing the frontier to find new targets and new ways of optimizing lung cancer treatments.
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12:15 p.m. Eastern | 11:15 a.m. Central | 10:15 a.m. Mountain | 9:15 a.m. Pacific
Streak runner James is running toward milestones, thanks to lung cancer research. James enjoyed two major life moments in 2023 thanks to lung cancer research: a family wedding, and he said “Aloha” to his own Forrest Gump Day.
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12:30 p.m. Eastern | 11:30 a.m. Central | 10:30 a.m. Mountain | 9:30 a.m. Pacific
Lung Cancer patient/advocate, Brandi Bryant sits down with Dr. Raymond Osarogiagbon to get some answers to questions about lung cancer screening that people frequently ask.
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12:45 p.m. Eastern | 11:45 a.m. Central | 10:45 a.m. Mountain | 9:45 a.m. Pacific
#LivingWithLungCancer in Florida: Lysa Buonanno is Biking, Boating, and Traveling to A Clinical Trial
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Hear from LCFA’s Young Researchers, those young scientist and doctors who are changing the world for people #LivingWithLungCancer – what they hope to achieve, what’s the future for lung cancer research and people #LivingWithLungCancer.
#LCFAresearch
#ResearchMatters
#LivingWithLungCancer
1 p.m. Eastern | Noon Central | 11 a.m. Mountain | 10 a.m. Pacific
1 p.m. Eastern | Noon Central | 11 a.m. Mountain | 10 a.m. Pacific
Lisa Goldman was initially misdiagnosed, which is not that uncommon. We hear her advice on being your own advocate in your health journey and learn what to ask your doctor.
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1:15 p.m. Eastern | 12:15 Central | 11:15 a.m. Mountain | 10:15 a.m. Pacific
Ivy Elkins shares her unusual diagnosis story and discusses the hope LCFA provides and the importance of knowing your biomarker.
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1:30 p.m. Eastern | 12:30 Central | 11:30 a.m. Mountain | 10:30 a.m. Pacific
Hear from Frank McKenna about how discovering his biomarker changed his life to WIN the DAY and get him back exercising.
Read Frank’s story
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1:45 p.m. Eastern | 12:45 Central | 11:45 a.m. Mountain | 10:45 a.m. Pacific
Yovana Portillo is happy to be reminiscing as she’s #LivingWithLungCancer – in English and in Spanish – thanks to research!
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1:50 p.m. Eastern | 12:50 Central | 11:50 a.m. Mountain | 10:50 a.m. Pacific
Dr. Carbone is back to pull the curtain on what cancer is and how it manages to fight to survive just like our normal cells.
Hear from LCFA’s Young Researchers, those young scientist and doctors who are changing the world for people #LivingWithLungCancer – what they hope to achieve, what’s the future for lung cancer research and people #LivingWithLungCancer.
#LCFAresearch
#ResearchMatters
#LivingWithLungCancer
2 p.m. Eastern | 1 p.m. Central | Noon Mountain | 11 a.m. Pacific
2 p.m. Eastern | 1 p.m. Central | Noon Mountain | 11 a.m. Pacific
Brandi Bryant sits down with Dr. Raymond Osarogiagbon to get learn what should patients ask their doctor about their lung cancer.
Learn more about Dr. Osarogiagbon
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2:15 p.m. Eastern | 1:15 Central | 12:15 p.m. Mountain | 11:15 a.m. Pacific
Dr. Sydney Barned is a doctor of internal medicine and a hospitalist – and #LivingWithLungCancer.
2:20 p.m. Eastern | 1:20 p.m. Central | 12:20 p.m. Mountain | 11:20 a.m. Pacific
She’s an actress, and activist and an author of five books, but Annabelle Gurwitch is also living with lung cancer. She shares her helpful tips on her lung cancer journey.
2:30 p.m. Eastern | 1:30 p.m. Central | 12:30 p.m. Mountain | 11:30 a.m. Pacific
Meet Lisa Goldman and learn how to Zentangle, a meditative artform, that she uses to manage the stress, anxieties, and those long hours at an infusion center – a part of #LivingWithLungCancer.
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2:45 p.m. Eastern | 1:45 Central | 12:45 p.m. Mountain | 11:45 a.m. Pacific
Participating in clinical trials has made a 10-year Cancer-versary possible for Shelly Engfer-Triebenbach.
Hear from LCFA’s Young Researchers, those young scientist and doctors who are changing the world for people #LivingWithLungCancer – what they hope to achieve, what’s the future for lung cancer research and people #LivingWithLungCancer.
#LCFAresearch
#ResearchMatters
#LivingWithLungCancer
3 p.m. Eastern | 2 p.m. Central | 1 p.m. Mountain | Noon Pacific
3 p.m. Eastern | 2 p.m. Central | 1 p.m. Mountain | Noon Pacific
Lung Cancer patient/advocate, Brandi Bryant sat down with Dr. Raymond Osarogiagbon to get some answers to questions about caregiving for lung cancer patients that people frequently ask.
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3:15 p.m. Eastern | 2:15 p.m. Central | 1:15 p.m. Mountain | 12:15 p.m. Pacific
Brandi Bryant gets answers from Dr. Raymond Osarogiagbon on the differences between Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) and Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).
3:30 p.m. Eastern | 2:30 p.m. Central | 1:30 p.m. Mountain | 12:30 p.m. Pacific
James Hiter rejoins us with his insights on The Small Things in Life. Living with lung cancer means finding joy in being available for your loved ones in times of need. James credits research for allowing him to experience meaningful family moments.
Sign the #LivingWithLungCancer Thanks to Research card to show your support and your hope for more lung cancer research.
3:45 p.m. Eastern | 2:45 p.m. Central | 1:45 p.m. Mountain | 12:45 Pacific
THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT
There was a day, not so long ago, when a lung cancer diagnosis may have felt like a death sentence. Today, the advances in care thanks to LCFA sponsored research are astounding, and life changing.
Hear from Dr. David Carbone, a leader in lung cancer research talks about the future of lung cancer care.
World Lung Cancer Day is a day to learn more, and celebrate new advances in lung cancer care. BUT at LCFA, everyday is lung cancer day. We are always on the front lines of education and research to lift up and help those living with lung cancer.
Don’t forget to sign the #LivingWithLungCancer Thanks to Research card.
Hear from LCFA’s Young Researchers, those young scientist and doctors who are changing the world for people #LivingWithLungCancer – what they hope to achieve, what’s the future for lung cancer research and people #LivingWithLungCancer.
#LCFAresearch
#ResearchMatters
#LivingWithLungCancer