The Lung Cancer Foundation of America is producing a pilot program to help educate hairdressers about simple questions they can ask their clients Lung cancer is a leading cause of death for Black men and women, and research shows…
Anyone can get lung cancer. All it takes is a pair of lungs. In August, 2015, Lindi Campbell and her primary care physician both believed that the discomfort she was suffering from was due to acid reflux - a
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Know the signs and symptoms! In the early stages of lung cancer, symptoms do not usually manifest – this is because the lungs do not have a significant amount of pain receptors. Many early lung cancers are diagnosed as
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Julie Carr was at work one day in the summer of 2016 when she experienced pain in her neck and shoulder that was so intense that she took herself to the emergency room. Her heart, which she suspected might
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Lung Cancer Advances In Early Detection The early detection of lung cancer provides the best chance of cure and prolonged survival. After decades in which lung cancer had a typically grim prognosis, advances in recent years are enabling patients to
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From Antidote.me A lot has changed since the Lung Cancer Foundation of America was founded around 10 years ago by two lung cancer survivors and a lung cancer widow. Today, the LCFA funds some of the most innovative research…
The early detection of lung cancer allows for patients to have more treatment options and a far greater chance of survival. As a result, the 5-year survival rate for those diagnosed before the cancer has spread rises from 18
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