Clinical trials are just that: research programs conducted with patients to determine if an investigational treatment, drug, or device is a better line of defense than the current “best standard of care.” Clinical trials are taking place all over
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LCFA is saddened by the loss of Lisa James who passed away in 2020. When she was diagnosed, at age 47, she had just started a fabulous new life with her new husband, Preston. When she was diagnosed with
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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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It is very important to understand the role of clinical trials in lung cancer treatment. Many people are afraid that they’ll be given a placebo in a clinical trial and that they would miss out on having treatment that
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Are you helping a loved one get the best help and treatment for a lung cancer diagnosis? Or, maybe you are facing that diagnosis yourself. Are you looking to find a clinical trial? Do you need help paying for
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Dr. Michael Weitz: 10 year lung cancer survivor and local physician “I don’t think I’ll ever be cured, but I don’t think I need to be cured,” says LCFA’s own Dr. Michael Weitz. “We’re just on the precipice of…
LCFA’s own Dr. Michael Weitz shares his lung cancer story with the Del Mar Times in the lead up to LCFA’s 7th annual Day at the Races event on July 24, 2016. “This age of targeted therapies and personalized…