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Persistent Cough Reveals a Lung Cancer Diagnosis

In the months leading up to her lung cancer diagnosis, Brandi Bryant had a persistent cough. It presented primarily in the evening. Because the cough was so minor, she thought nothing of it. On a visit to California in...
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Survivors

An Amazing NSCLC Advocate: Meet Colleen Conner Ziegler

The path to becoming a lung cancer advocate is seldom a straight one. For some, being an advocate comes somewhat naturally, while others might be reluctant to throw their hat in the ring. Serving as an advocate might just...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

Doctors Can Get Lung Cancer Too

Dr. Barned is a doctor of internal medicine, a hospitalist, and, since the onset of Covid, a staple on the oncology unit of Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. The idea that doctors can get lung cancer wasn’t on...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

TikTok Star With Lung Cancer: Stephanie Williams

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...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

How I Beat Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma: Tabitha Paccione’s Story

Toward the end of 2015, Tabitha Paccione developed a cough. Because she was a first grade teacher, and first-grade students tend to be little petri dishes, she - and her doctor - assumed it was just a cold. The...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

Experimental MET Inhibitor Saves A Lung Cancer Patient’s Life

How An Experimental MET Inhibitor Saved Laura Greco’s Life A freak car accident – one that, by all rights, should have killed her – might have saved Laura Greco’s life. While driving home with her then six-year-old son from...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

Seeing Lung Cancer as a Chronic Disease: Michael Weitz’s Story

"Lung cancer becoming a chronic disease," is a dream of  Dr. Michael Weitz.  This emergency room physician attributes new research in detection along with new treatments are moving towards this reality. In 2005, then 49-year-old Michael Weitz was having...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

ALK-Positive Lung Cancer: Tim Smith’s Story

ALK-positive lung cancer wasn't at all in Tim's plans. For a year prior to his diagnosis, Tim Smith - firefighter, husband, dad to two young boys - had been plagued with fatigue. Used to functioning on very little sleep,...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

From coughing up blood to adenocarcinoma: Elizabeth Moir’s Story

LCFA is saddened by the loss of Elizabeth Moir, who passed away on Friday, August 27, 2021 at the age of 32. A mother of 2 beautiful girls under the age of 5, a wife, a daughter, a friend,...
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From a Cough to Lung Cancer: Michele Running is Exercising Her Way Through Lung Cancer Treatment

In the summer of 2017, Michele Running’s daughter was working as an au pair in Barcelona. Always up for an adventure, Michele hopped over for a visit. While she was there, she developed a cough and was unusually winded...
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