In late August 2018, 29 year-old Elizabeth Moir was 8 months pregnant with her second child. Her pregnancy had been fairly routine except for the fact she was not gaining much weight. Unconcerned, both she and her obstetrician chalked
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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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A Misdiagnosis Kickstarts Gina’s Fight Against Lung Cancer At no point did Gina Hollenbeck even consider the possibility that her nagging cough, sore throat, and shoulder pain were caused by lung cancer. At the time, the 38-year-old mother of
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Currently, the biomarkers that have been identified for potential targeted therapy treatments for lung cancer are: EGFR, ALK, KRAS, MET, HER2, ROS1, BRAF, RET, NTRK1, PID3CA, MED1, VEGFR2, HER3, and IGF-1R. Of those, so far only EGFR, ALK+, and
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For new father Matt Arensdorf, an unsuspected diagnosis Early 2016 was a joyful time for Matt Arensdorf and his wife, Jennifer. The newlywed couple were acclimating to life as parents, after welcoming their first child, Grace, into their family.
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At LCFA we are honored to share the stories of lung cancer patients who are not only fighting for their lives, but managing to find the time, strength, and drive to advocate for more and better lung cancer research.
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Karen’s Self Diagnosis Last spring Karen Cunningham had a lot on her plate. A full-time high school teacher, she was applying to be the English department head, raising two teenage boys, and was in the middle of the heartbreaking
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Shelly’s diagnosis It was near the end of the school year when 40-year-old music teacher Shelly Engfer-Triebenbach found the short walk from her classroom to the school office left her exhausted and out of breath. Prompted by her colleague
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from CBS News: Lung cancer rates have been historically higher among men than women, but new research reveals that trend has flipped in younger Americans. Over the past two decades, while lung cancer rates have generally gone down, women
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ALK positive (anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive, or ALK+) lung cancer occurs in 1 out of 25 non-small-cell lung cancer patients (NSCLC — the most common type of lung cancer). Younger patients — usually 55 and under — who have
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