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Anyone Can Get Lung Cancer: Lindi Campbell’s Story

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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Jennifer’s Back Pain Was Something More

But for the intense morning sickness and utter exhaustion, Jennifer Frazier’s third pregnancy was unremarkable. Following a c-section delivery, she felt great. A dull pain in her left flank, though annoying was hardly a great concern. Two months later,...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

A Stage 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis: Patty’s Story

A shocking Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis January 2014 was Harris Watkins’ final semester of college. When he told his mom, Patty about a job interview in Nashville - a three-hour drive from his hometown of Atlanta - she...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

A Lung Cancer Specialist Makes the Difference

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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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

A Persistent Cough Sidelines Fitness Instructor: Lisa Goldman’s Story

It’s been five years since Lisa Goldman, lawyer turned fitness instructor, received her lung cancer diagnosis.  She was in fantastic shape; teaching spin, pilates and various other classes in Silicon Valley when she developed a persistent cough.  For some...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

A Cough and Lung Cancer: Frank McKenna’s Story

A personal trainer with a bothersome cough In July 2016, 56-year old Frank was in top physical shape. He knew his body inside and out.  So, when he developed an annoyingly persistent cough, he readily accepted his doctor’s diagnosis...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

Getting a second opinion: Self-advocacy in the face of lung cancer

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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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

Stage IV lung cancer survivor with chemo: Virginia Purdy

My story starts early in the year of 1999. I was having trouble with my shoulder. When I was at work, I could not get things off the shelves without being in a lot of pain. I went to...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

Advocating for Lung Cancer Research

Everyone should be advocating for lung cancer research. 1 in 15 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime. Ivy Elkins is one of those people - read her story. No one gets elbow cancer...
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Living with Lung Cancer Survivors

Two Women Scientists Granted $400k for Promising Lung Cancer Research

Funding supports search for new treatments for the deadliest form of cancer LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ –  Groundbreaking research into the early diagnosis of lung cancer and potential new treatments have been awarded funding through two lung…

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2023

Keytruda Meets Trial Goals for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment

In the phase 3 KEYNOTE-671 trial evaluating Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as preoperative treatment (a regimen given before and after surgier) in patients with resectable stage 2, 3a or 3b non-small cell lung cancer has met one of its primary e…

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