Lung Cancer Foundation of America (LCFA) is pleased to welcome oncologist/hematologist Dr. Raymond Osarogiagbon to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Osarogiagbon is the Chief Scientist for Baptist Memorial Health Care, Director of Baptist Cancer Center’s Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology…
Hope With Answers℠ Videos Hope With Answers Video Series can bring the patient/caregiver/physician conversation into your home. A lung cancer diagnosis can be like going to a foreign country. You need to learn a new language in order to
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What is translational research? Translational research aims to translate scientific discoveries from the lab into clinical results that directly benefit patients. For Dr. Vincent Lam, an Assistant Professor of Oncology at Johns Hopkins University, medicine was a ‘second line’
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Just like people, no two lung cancer tumors are identical. In recent years, the most effective lung cancer research involves a technique known as precision medicine. Also referred to as personalized medicine, precision medicine tailors treatment to each patient
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Small cell lung cancer life expectancy and the need for more research Lung cancer research has made many wonderful advances in just the past few years. However, small cell lung cancer life expectancy has not increased as quickly as
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Things are changing rapidly in the approach to treating patients with lung cancer. Start your journey of understanding about lung cancer research today. Learn how to tell what news about lung cancer research is valid in this intro video
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The Cedar Hill Fifth Grade Character Education Council sponsored May The 4th Be With You on Friday May 4 from in the Cedar Hill multi-purpose room. The event was to benefit the Lung Cancer Foundation of America. To raise…
Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer worldwide. Of the 220,000 new cases diagnosed each year, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) accounts for 15% of cases. As an aggressive form of lung cancer, better therapies are needed desperately.
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Global thought leader in the emerging field of immunotherapy Dr. Brahmer’s research and clinical practice focus on the development of new therapies, including immunotherapies, for the treatment and prevention of lung cancer and mesothelioma. She was involved in the
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Hope Springs Eternal Research is making a difference. Learn what every EGFR patient should know. Listen to the podcast Help Change the Numbers "Based on my own personal experience, the LCFA Young Investigator award was the very first grant
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