Meet these 5 lung cancer survivors who have shared their stories with Lung Cancer Foundation of America.
They might have been diagnosed at different stages and different ages. Their lung cancers might have different biomarkers. But each of these stories’ common theme is HOPE – thanks to new lung cancer research discoveries in recent years.
Brandi Bryant’s story underscores the importance of persistence and advocacy in the face of challenging health issues. Her journey highlights the critical need for awareness and research in lung cancer to improve outcomes and support for patients like her.
In March, 2021, 37 year old nurse-turned-stay-at-home-mom Stephanie Williams felt a wheezing sensation at the base of her throat. It was annoying, but hardly debilitating. She would find herself coughing mid-sentence and, because it would come and go, she…
A personal trainer with a bothersome cough In July 2016, 56-year old Frank was in top physical shape. He knew his body inside and out. So, when he developed an annoyingly persistent cough, he readily accepted his doctor’s diagnosis…
It’s Not Covid? It’s Lung Cancer? A lung cancer diagnosis was the shocker to the year Annabelle Gurwitch already had going in 2020. She went to have a Covid test and left with a lung cancer diagnosis. She’s an..
The weight of a family history of lung cancer From the time she was a child, Jill Feldman knew more about lung cancer than the average bear. Two of her grandparents – her mother’s mother and father’s father –…
New and life-saving treatments, along with clinical trials, are happening rapidly. Read more about people living with lung cancer.