By Chris Beattie, cbeattie@starlocalnews.com Originally published Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 on CarrolltonLeader.com (TX). Lung cancer is the nation's No. 1 cancer killer. And that's not just of smokers. McKinney resident Chris Haga knows first-breath just how little the disease discriminates. "I am such an odd case," said Chris, diagnosed with Stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in July 2010. "I'm active, work out, in good health - and I've never smoked a cigarette. It was pretty devastating; I felt like I'd done everything I could not to get this form of cancer." November is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and Chris is ever eager to get the word out: smoke or not, the disease is possible. And abundantly so in America. More than 226,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year - another person diagnosed every two minutes - according to an Uniting Against Lung Cancer report, which pulled from National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute figures. There aren't many campaigns, pink ribbons or races for lung cancer, though it surpassed breast cancer as the top cancer killer of women in 1987. Twice as many women die from lung cancer each year than from breast cancer, and close to 430 people die from it every day in the U.S., according to the report. Between 15 and 20 percent of those diagnosed have never smoked, the report says, which is part of the reason more than half are diagnosed in later stages and just 15 percent are diagnosed when treatment would be most effective. "I remember thinking for maybe two seconds that it could be lung cancer," said DeLayne, Chris' wife, of his early symptoms. "I dismissed that thought completely because he's never smoked." Far from it, actually. Chris was riding his bike 80 miles a week when he got a weird cough in April 2010. He blamed it on allergies, and after it got worse, a doctor said he had an upper respiratory infection. Then after chest x-rays, it was determined pneumonia. By July, as conditions worsened, it was time for a CT scan, which revealed a tumor on his right lung. Chris had a collapsed lung, and his second biopsy confirmed NSCLC, the most common type of lung cancer. But his diagnosis wasn't complete. Further scans and MRIs at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston revealed a small brain tumor. The cancer had spread to lymph nodes in Chris's chest and abdomen. His oncologist suggested he had a mutation known as EFGR, but medicine for that didn't work. Gamma Knife radiation killed the brain tumor, but post-radiation, Chris was sent to the emergency room because his lung tumor had grown and trapped fluid in his lung. Dr. John Heymach, a thoracic oncologist on-call that weekend at MD Anderson, canceled Chris' impending port surgery and his first chemotherapy session. He suggested Chris might instead have the EML4-ALK gene mutation, and urged him toward a promising clinical trial. "The treatment plan completely changed within what seemed like 30 minutes," DeLayne said. "Radiation to the lung began a few days later to immediately shrink the tumor so (Chris) could beat the pneumonia." As he awaited an ALK analysis, Chris endured 15 rounds of radiation, including one that burned his esophagus so badly he could hardly drink water. He lost 35 pounds in a few weeks. In November 2010, on his 51st birthday, Chris was told he was ALK-positive. Before his clinical trial started the following March, he went through three rounds of chemotherapy, and one chemo medication forced him to a hospital bed for a week. Tumors had spread to his lower left lung. But his oncologist knew then that Chris was the first ALK patient he'd ever seen at MD Anderson. He's since reviewed other patients' records to test for the mutation. Chris started taking Crizotinib (now Xalkori) in clinical trials. The medication targets the "Achilles' heel" of ALK-type lung cancers, according an American Cancer Society article from October 2010. That article said only about 2 to 7 percent of NSCLC patients has ALK aberrations. Eunice Kwak, an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, said in the article that the drug "will not cure advanced cancers with ALK abnormalities," but patients in the drug's study were taking it for close to two years. Six weeks after Chris began taking it, there was no active tumor growth. At his 12-week checkup, his status was "in treatment with No Evidence of Disease" - what his physician's assistant deemed "as good as it gets" for advanced lung cancer patients. Doctors won't say a lung cancer patient is cured because it so often returns, DeLayne said. Because he's part of the clinical trial, Chris gets the typically $10,000-a-month medication for free. "All of the (doctors) have just been the right people in the right place at the right time for me to get on this medicine and enjoy life," Chris said. An engineer with Texas Instruments, Chris recently began customer-quality engineering for medical groups that make CT scans, MRIs, products with which he's well acquainted. "I now have a vested interest in making sure they work properly," he said. The Hagas understand the medicine is targeted therapy and may not work forever. The cancer could realign to a new genetic location and require different treatment. But they're able to live a "pretty normal life," Chris said, one that includes spreading the word about an oft-ignored cancer. Lung cancer received just $1,420 of NIH funding per cancer death last year, nearly $18,000 less than breast cancer and $4,000 less than the next closest, colorectal cancer, stated the Uniting Against Lung Cancer report. Other medications are being tested in clinical trials that are showing promise similar to Crizotinib. Chris continues the ride, on and off the bike. He uses an incentive spirometer for daily breathing exercises. The meter range for a normal person is 2,000; he's been reaching 3,750 regularly and sometimes 4,000. Those around the Hagas know that lung cancer doesn't pick its victims based on smoking habits. And that the race of life can go on. "I'm able to do things that a lot of other cancer patients aren't able to do," Chris said. "I realize I'm a walking, talking, breathing miracle." For more of Chris' story, visit his blog at http://CancerOn2Wheels.blogspot.com. 10/24/2012 Kelcey Harrison Runs from New York to San Francisco to Raise Awareness and Funds for Lung Cancer ResearchRead NowHarvard Student Supports Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and Continues 3,500 Mile Journey in Memory of her Childhood Friend SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF) today announced Kelcey Harrison's progress on the Great Lung Run. She has reached Arizona, the eleventh state on her journey, running her 2500th mile and is now —960 miles from San Francisco, the ultimate destination. Harrison, the first 24-year-old Harvard grad to run across the country in less than 125 days, continues her journey to raise awareness and funds for all Lung Cancer patients. Harrison teamed up with BJALCF—the leading patient-founded, focused and driven non-profit dedicated to ending Lung Cancer and its young people's movement Jill's Legacy®, a subsidiary of BJALCF. Harrison hopes to draw attention to the most deadly form of cancer and raise money for research. Now in Arizona, Harrison has run an average of 30 – 40 miles a day since she departed New York in July. "My mission is to honor Jill's memory and achieve her dream of beating Lung Cancer for all Lung Cancer patients – big time!" explained Harrison." My friend Jill was a 22-year-old never smoker when she was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. It's important to share the message that anyone, even young athletes like Jill, can get Lung Cancer. I hope that by running across the country and showing what my lungs can do, I inspire people to join the fight against Lung Cancer – the most deadly form of cancer in both men and women worldwide. My ultimate goal is to help all people with Lung Cancer. That was Jill's dream & we intend to finish it." Harrison's trip, known as the Great Lung Run, has been documented throughout Twitter, Facebook, the BJALCF and Jill's Legacy websites. Harrison asks the daily question, #WhatCanYourLungsDo?, prompting her friends and followers to join the fight against Lung Cancer. So far, she has received a tremendous response, with children as young as 7 getting involved in the fight against Lung Cancer. Families across the country have hosted Harrison as she passed through their towns and many have run alongside her in support. "Kelcey is my hero and my hope is that people will listen, take action and change the atrocious lack of funding for research for this disease. BJALCF and Jill's Legacy are taking a seat at the table of progress in Lung Cancer research and together their voices are resounding in the halls of health care so that all Lung Cancer patients will have a voice." said Bonnie J. Addario, founder of BJALCF and Lung Cancer survivor. Harrison is scheduled to arrive in the San Francisco Bay Area in five weeks. A welcome home celebration of Harrison's journey, party and fundraiser will be hosted at Saint Ignatius High School in San Francisco on December 6th. Many sponsorship opportunities are available. The Great Lung Run was featured on Monday, October 22 on the nationally syndicated daytime talk show, The Doctors. Click here to view. How to Get Involved
For complete details on Kelcey's adventure, visit www.thegreatlungrun.com. To donate or sponsor The Great Lung Run, CLICK HERE or contact darby@lungcancerfoundation.org or 949.293.2093. Sponsorships available from $10.00 - $35,000. All proceeds will go to Young Investigator Lung Cancer research or projects designed to significantly impact survival, catalyze and accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of more effective treatment options for lung cancer patients through the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, and its sister Foundation, the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI). Interviews and Press Inquiries For interviews and press inquiries, please contact sheila@lungcancerfoundation.org, +1-415-357-1278. BJALCF and Jill's Legacy are hosting Your Next Step is the Cure® 5k walk/runs all over the country and Jog for Jill 5k's across college campuses. To participate in an event near you, click here. To host an event in your city, contact darby@lungcancerfoundation.org. About the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation BJALCF is one of the largest philanthropies (patient-founded, patient-focused, and patient-driven) devoted exclusively to eradicating Lung Cancer through research, early detection, education, and treatment. The Foundation works with a diverse group of physicians, organizations, industry partners, individuals, survivors, and their families to identify solutions and make timely and meaningful change. BJALCF was established on March 6, 2006 as a 501c(3) non-profit organization and has raised over nine million dollars for Lung Cancer research. www.lungcancerfoundation.org About Jillian Costello and Jill's Legacy Jill's Legacy was established on March 11, 2011, as a subsidiary of the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, a 501(c) 3, founded on March 1, 2006. Jill Costello was diagnosed in June 2009 with Stage IV Lung Cancer and began fundraising efforts with Bonnie one month after being diagnosed. She came to work for the foundation in April 2010. Her DREAM was to end Lung Cancer for all patients and those yet to be diagnosed. Jill lost her battle with Lung Cancer at 22-years-young on June 24, 2010. www.jillslegacy.org About the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI) ALCMI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, established in February, 2008, and a sister organization of BJALCF. With offices in California and Connecticut, and dozens of member institutions in the United States and Europe, ALCMI is dedicated to catalyzing and accelerating the discovery, development and delivery of new and more effective treatment options for Lung Cancer patients. In response to widely-acknowledged and systematic barriers to progress against Lung Cancer, ALCMI developed and launched an inaugural research program -- a targeted, multi-institutional biorepository. The purpose is to facilitate the application of known biomarkers to patients presenting today, and to establish a collection of biospecimens essential for the discovery and validation of new biomarkers for improved diagnostics, treatments and patient outcomes. www.alcmi.net SOURCE: Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation RELATED LINKS: http://www.lungcancerfoundation.org Wesley Fay Originally published in Ladies' Home Journal, November 2012. By Wesley Fay I'm 47 and I have lung cancer. It isn't easy for me to tell my story, but if I can help one person beat this disease, it'll be worth it. So many of my days have been blessed with good fortune that I couldn't begin to count them. But life always has a way of balancing things out, doesn't it? I figured my luck was due to change, and two years ago it did, with a vengeance, when I learned that I had stage IV lung cancer. Up until then, though, I'd been rich in luck, starting with my storybook childhood in Shelby, North Carolina. Everything came pretty easily for me: In school I was a tennis standout, a springboard diver, and a state swim champion. In college at the University of North Carolina I took my junior year off to work in a ski shop in Vail and wound up keeping the books for my boss, too. I discovered I loved numbers and I went back to Chapel Hill to declare accounting as my major, happily exchanging the peaks and valleys of black diamond runs for those of debit, credit, and cash-flow graphs. In 1986, while I was in Vail, something much more significant happened. I met Jim, the love of my life. From that day through this one, my storybook life has had a coauthor. We learned to hold hands even when you don't want to, to hold your tongue even when you're right, and to hold fast even when it's not deserved. We built a relationship, a marriage, and a family: Our daughters Elise, Laney, and Hannah are 18, 17, and 12 now. We've always made choices based on being happy rather than rich. A few years ago we gave up stable careers in landlocked Columbus, Georgia, said good-bye to the rat race, and moved to a home on Sanibel Island, in Florida. We had no jobs and no plan; we just knew it would work. And it did. Now Jim's an independent accounting rep for an international company, so when he's not traveling we ride our bikes to the coffeehouse and the beach. We walk to the lighthouse and pick up shells. I mean, who gets to do that? Except now my lung cancer is slowing me down, and that means so many of my days make me feel furious and frustrated. For starters, it took too long to get a correct diagnosis. My symptoms started in December 2009, when I was 44 years old, with a cough I thought was a chest cold. In January, still coughing, I went to my family doc. On the first visit, he agreed it was a chest cold. On the second, he said it was bronchitis. On the third, he said it could be walking pneumonia -- which prompted me to demand a chest X-ray. It was inconclusive. So I had a CT scan. In April 2010 a lung specialist finally gave me my official diagnosis of stage IV lung cancer. Five months had passed. Five long months -- an eternity that could have been spent in treatment. Why does it take, on average, 138 days for someone with lung cancer to go from first symptom to first treatment? Why does one estimate show almost 40 percent of doctors don't initially connect lung cancer to its symptoms? And why hadn't I ever learned -- just like too many other Americans -- that a new cough lasting three weeks or longer is lung cancer's signature symptom? This lack of awareness really matters. Lung cancer kills more women than breast, ovarian, and uterine cancers combined yet it receives the fewest research dollars of any cancer. Each breast cancer death correlates with $19,419 in federal research funding. For lung cancer, that plummets to $1,888. This gap has real consequences: Since the early 1970s, breast cancer's five-year survival rate climbed from 75 to 90 percent, while lung cancer's barely budged from 12 percent to 16 percent. I'm certainly not begrudging my sisters in pink. In fact, I look to them as the model of success for raising awareness. We need to replicate that for lung cancer. I drove myself nuts trying to understand what had caused my cancer. Was it power lines? Fertilizer? Dehydration? Sugar? Chlorine? Impure thoughts? Was it, in fact, nuts? The real ones, I mean -- I ate a lot of peanut butter. Did I have a low-level cancer-causing peanut allergy? Or was it the long, hot showers I so loved? Finally, I realized I would never know, just as I've never known the why behind my good luck. I had to accept that, sometimes, cells turn cancerous without the courtesy of an explanation. So instead of stressing about the cause, I focused on becoming my strongest advocate. I can't tell you how upset I get at people who think -- because of its connection to smoking -- that people with lung cancer had it coming. I've seen this up close. Many people, even hospital staffers, treat me far more compassionately after learning I never smoked. That's unfair. Everybody did stupid things as kids. You did, I did, we all did. For some, their stupid thing was getting hooked on cigarettes. No one deserves to endure this horrible disease while being judged about how they got it. Lung cancer affects plenty of people who have never smoked and women are especially at risk. In fact, 20 percent of women with lung cancer never smoked, and experts say those numbers are climbing. Can you tell me why? I sure can't, because the available funding goes mostly to smoking-cessation programs, not to research. Of course, stopping people from smoking is crucial, but so is moving the needle toward a cure. Still, believe it or not, there are so many days when having lung cancer makes me laugh. Crazy, right? But laughter has never been optional for me; why would a disease change that? The other night I really needed some me time but there were twice as many dirty dishes in the kitchen as clean ones. So I made a big show of slouching toward the pile, moaning and groaning. "Oh dear," I said to Jim and the girls, wiping my brow for dramatic effect. "You know I have cancer, right?" We laughed and laughed. And then Elise, Laney, and Hannah did the dishes. Bonus? I don't play the cancer card very often, but sometimes it feels good to pull the bogeyman out from under the bed and mock him. And there are so many days -- all of my days, actually -- when having lung cancer makes me want to breathe. That sounds so simplistic, but hear me out. At first my five-year survival rate was around 5 percent, according to the statistics, maybe higher because I was younger and a nonsmoker. Now, because of my cancer's aggressiveness, that chance is more like 1 percent. But somebody has to make up that 1 percent, you know? Why can't it include me? After surgery to remove a lobe in one lung, three rounds of chemo, and almost two years on the lung-cancer drug Tarceva, my tumors have returned and spread. An experimental drug called MM-121 is the only thing keeping those tumors stable, perhaps buying me enough time for the next, better, drug or treatment to come along. I also need to breathe to tell my daughters not to worry about the worst unless and until that time comes. And if it does, I want them to continue living with the strength and grace I see in them every day. Most of all, I need to breathe in order to read out loud the most important words in our storybook: I love you, Jimmy. I love you, Elise. I love you, Laney. I love you, Hannah. And I will tell you that for as long as I have breath on earth. Wesley Fay considers each lungful of air an act of defiance against the toll her disease has taken. Her bike rides are shorter, she has had to switch to yoga from tennis, and she can't swim as much anymore. But instead of lamenting those losses, she just calls the slower pace "island time." Mary C. Pinder-Schenck, MD A Word from Wesley's Doc My name is Mary C. Pinder-Schenck, MD. I am a thoracic oncologist at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa and I have the privilege of being Wesley Fay's physician. I want you to know what a difficult decision it was for her to talk about her cancer. As full of life as she is, she doesn't want cancer to define her. Many people don't know she's sick; she certainly doesn't look it or act it. But because her story is so crucial in changing perceptions of lung cancer, she set aside her need for privacy. The biggest hindrance to curing lung cancer is a lack of funding. Let me be frank: I need your help, as does everyone else who is working to eradicate lung cancer in Wesley and hundreds of thousands of others. 6 Symptoms of Lung Cancer
10/23/2012 The Chick Running From New York to San Francisco @greatlungrun @jillslegacy @bonniejaddario #lungcancerRead NowOctober 23rd Update: Check out Kelcey on TV's "The Doctors" HERE. August 9th Update: Check out this video about Kelcey from Jill's Legacy. ***The following article was written by Kelcey Harrison and published on The Huffington Post on July 31st, 2012.*** Kelcey is a native San Franciscan and is a major marathoner and lung cancer advocate. On July 30th 2012, after leaving her job at New York County’s District Attorney’s office, the 24 year old Harvard grad set out on her Great Lung Run – a 3,500-mile run from New York’s Times Square to downtown San Francisco. Harrison expects to arrive in November 2012 and will be blogging and tweeting her adventures until then. Kelcey Harrison: I don't know if I am in denial, am extremely naive, or if I truly am confident that this is exactly what I am supposed to be doing right now, but for some reason the fact that I've started running 30 miles a day and won't stop until I reach San Francisco doesn't seem to stress or scare me. Maybe it's just that crazy people don't realize they're that crazy? I'm just your average 24-year-old who grew up in San Francisco, went to Harvard University, and moved to New York soon after college. For the last two years I worked at the New York County District Attorney's Office. Although I had the best time working there, I realized that law school was not really the route I wanted to take, and I was feeling a pull to make a change coupled with a very strong desire to contribute more to Jill's Legacy, I began thinking about some new options. This is where I break from the normal... The idea that I came up with was to run from New York to San Francisco to raise money and awareness for lung cancer. Lots of people asked, why? Couldn't I have done something a little less risky? But for me, it made perfect sense. I am using a skill that I have been blessed with -- running long-distance -- to make a difference and to draw people's attention to a topic that deserves greater discussion, awareness, and funding. I am doing something really big and out there, which was what Jill was all about. Jill and I first met when we attended kindergarten together. We went to school together from kindergarten through high school and remained good friends through college. While we were in school, there was a group of about five of us that was inseparable. She was a friend who was always there for me and had been in my life for so long that I always expected her to be around for life's big moments. When she was diagnosed with lung cancer at just 21 years old, it was a huge shock. I certainly did not know how to handle it, but she did. She lived with more grace, determination, strength, and joy than most people will ever demonstrate in their lifetimes. After her diagnosis she did a lot of advocacy work with the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation. In the last year of her life, Jill was named Pac-10 Women's Athlete of the Year, she graduated Cal Berkeley with a 4.0 and she led the Cal Women's crew team to a national championship. A few weeks after, Jill passed away. After her passing a group of young people with connections to Jill and/or the foundation formed Jill's Legacy, an advisory board to the foundation. Our goal is to mobilize young people to use their voices and power to raise awareness for lung cancer and to really start a movement to demand a change. Our goal is to debunk the stigma that faces lung cancer patients. The common belief that lung cancer is a smoker's disease or one that only affects older people is wrong. The first question people always ask in response to a diagnosis is, "Oh, you were a smoker?" The underlying message that comes across with this question is the idea that lung cancer patients somehow brought the disease upon themselves and so it is the last disease to get funding for research. This has to change. Nobody deserves to get cancer for any reason and, of equal importance no one deserves to get a disease for which there simply is not enough support. The survival rate for lung cancer has not changed in 40 years and that fact simply boggles my mind. With the technology we have today, there should be better options for early detection and treatment so that fewer lives will be lost. Why aren't people talking about this! For those of us who knew Jill, it drives us nuts. So, my journey has begun and I already have so much to share! Follow my Twitter account, as I will be Tweeting the wild adventures and characters I encounter along the way. I can't articulate how thankful I am for all of the support I have already received. I am already overwhelmed by the responses. We have raised over $100,000 since announcing the Great Lung Run just one month ago. I would be so appreciative of any support that readers can offer, whether that be in the form of a wave, a tweet or a penny. To support, visit www.thegreatlungrun.com, follow me on Twitter, or email me at Kelceyharrison@thegreatlungrun.com. Don't miss Kelcey and the Great Lung Run featured this Monday, October 22 on the nationally syndicated daytime talk show, The Doctors.
Please check TheDoctorsTV.com for local listings, set your DVRs, and enjoy!
Kelcey Harrison Great Lung Run Blog Post 10/12/12: I realize that I probably have not been as forthcoming about the challenges of this journey and I'm sure many of you have wondered what the most difficult moments have been. Side note: I don’t really like to talk about my feelings...scary! So, that’s why this has been so late in coming. Let me put it out there: there have been break-downs. There have been days that I wanted to call it a quits a few miles early or moments when I felt pangs of homesickness, but those have been pretty few and far between. I know that there is an end date and a finish line, and those two things alone make it easy to get through each and every day of this adventure. Add to it the fact that I have met incredible people along the way, have my buddy and savior Sydney with me, and have Jill as my inspiration every day, and it’s even easier to keep my eyes on the prize. That said, there are moments that literally stop me, hands on my knees and tears in my eyes when I remember why, exactly, I am running across the country. When that young, beautiful, strong girl with clammy hands, forever stunted fingernails, and razor sharp teeth left this world, we lost someone incredibly special. She was special to so many in very unique ways and the pain of that loss can sometimes overwhelm me at an unexpected moment. Especially over the last month, since Sydney's and my routine has become so consistent, (our routine outlined here, in case you missed that post) it has been easy to think less about the reason that I am doing this run: to honor my friend Jill and to beat lung cancer. It is in the moments when I have allowed myself to truly remember Jill and that I am far from being the only one who lost her, that I have become weak in the knees and shed a tear or two ten. These moments are sad, sure, but I'm not trying to elicit sympathy or make you feel sorry for me. Mostly, because I am not the only one who loved and lost her and what often pains me is thinking about how the rest of her loved ones— parents, family, and friends, also go through each day without her. When we lose someone we sometimes catch ourselves remembering that we are sad at inopportune times. That we miss that person immensely, and that we cannot figure out how or why they are simply, physically gone. In many ways I am grateful for these moments because they mean that I can still picture Jill vividly and that my memory of her is still so close to the surface; that while she may be gone, our collective memories of her keep her around—that giggly, curious, active girl we all grew to love so, so much. In all other aspects, and throughout almost the entire run thus far, I have been pretty positive. I believed that it would all work out and it largely has. I believed that people would be supportive and they have. I believed that it would garner some new attention for lung cancer and it has. But, I have to admit, somewhere in Indiana a terrifying thought occurred to me. It is the only other thing, aside from those overwhelming memories of Jill and our combined loss, that has caused me to cry on the side of the road. Somewhere just before Louisville, KY, my mind was wandering as usual when I suddenly thought, “what if nothing changes after this run? What if no one really pays attention and this run has no impact whatsoever on the future of lung cancer? What if I fail Jill by not making people care enough?” I stopped in my tracks. It was the first time I really allowed myself to think that the Great Lung Run might not "succeed". Luckily, I have incredible people around me who buoyed me back from the bottom and reminded me that we were already reaching new people and providing great education about lung cancer. I have my parents and my extremely wise older sister to thank for quickly reestablishing my positive outlook. The point is, difficult things happen in life. We lose people we love, we endure life's challenges, we go through tough times, and sometimes, we just have to cry or scream or whatever. The important thing is that we acknowledge these moments, take a deep breath, and then remember the bigger picture: to get the word out about lung cancer BIG TIME, and to beat lung cancer for everyone. VISIT THE BONNIE J. ADDARIO LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION WEBSITE VISIT THE JILL'S LEGACY WEBSITE VISIT THE GREAT LUNG RUN WEBSITE "Because of being misdiagnosed and then on a treatment journey that was going down hill really, really quickly, I realized I had to be an advocate for myself." -- Bonnie J. Addario, Founder, Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation The Joan Gaeta Lung Cancer Fund is proud to be an affiliate of the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation. We support Bonnie and her team in the important work they are doing. Learn more at bjalcf.org, alcmi.net, and timeequalslives.org.
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