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COVID-19 vaccine

In case you missed GO2 Foundation's weekly update last week about COVID-19, I will copy the text here and include the link to our webpage that is full of...

In case you missed GO2 Foundation's weekly update last week about COVID-19, I wi...

Partner•4 years ago

11 Things to Know about Immunotherapy for Cancer

An easy to read slideshow article that explains a lot....

An easy to read slideshow article that explains a lot....

•6 years ago

New study for EGFR Resistors

There is an important study building cancer models (a way to study cancer) enrolling right now that is collaborative effort led by patients (which is pretty...

There is an important study building cancer models (a way to study cancer) enrol...

•6 years ago

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UPDATE ON CANCER TREATMENT

I am now half way through my chemo and radiation treatment. So far the radiation looks like it is working. So far the side effects have not been too bad. I...

I am now half way through my chemo and radiation treatment. So far the radiatio...

•6 years ago

Anyone out there with SCLC that's metastasized to their liver being treated with cisplatin and carboplatin? If so, have you had any success?

My brother was diagnosed about a month ago and this is his course of treatment. He also has high blood pressure and Diabetes (weighs @165). He's 55 and has...

My brother was diagnosed about a month ago and this is his course of treatment. ...

•6 years ago

projectcbd.org

This site is for various forms of cannabis adjunctive therapy. I live in MN where cannabis therapy has just been legalized. It's not just smoke some weed and...

This site is for various forms of cannabis adjunctive therapy. I live in MN wher...

•7 years ago

FDA Approves Keytruda Combo for Lung Cancer

The Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for a combination therapy with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for patients with non–small cell lung cancer....

The Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for a combination therapy ...

•8 years ago

Accelerate Clinical Trials Research Grant Awarded!

Free to Breathe is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Accelerate Clinical Trials Research Grant Award! Co-investigators Amy Leader, DrPH, MPH, and...

Free to Breathe is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Accelerate Clinic...

•8 years ago

Liquid Biopsies Are Important in Lung Cancer, Expert Says

Liquid biopsies may be a quick and less intrusive way of detecting non-small cell lung cancer. Medical professionals are now able to extract the same...

Liquid biopsies may be a quick and less intrusive way of detecting non-small cel...

•8 years ago

Lung cancer support

I need support for me lung cancer

I need support for me lung cancer

•8 years ago

New Treatments for Lung Cancer in 2016

2016 has shown some promise by introducing new treatments for Lung Cancer:...

2016 has shown some promise by introducing new treatments for Lung Cancer:...

•8 years ago

FDA approved the first clinical trial of a Cuban lung-cancer vaccine.

Washington Post > To Your Health > October 27 at 12:50 PM In a first, U.S. trial to test Cuban lung-cancer vaccine. The Food and Drug...

Washington Post > To Your Health > October 27 at 12:50 PM In a first, U.S. tr...

Volunteer•8 years ago

An immunotherapy now approved for first-line treatment

Late yesterday, the FDA approved Keytruda (an immunotherapy) as a first-line treatment for patients with lung cancer whose tumors express high levels of PD-L1....

Late yesterday, the FDA approved Keytruda (an immunotherapy) as a first-line tre...

•8 years ago

Learning all I can

I am so glad to have found this web site. I have been looking for a support group. My husband has small cell lung cancer. He was diagnosed in July. We go to...

I am so glad to have found this web site. I have been looking for a support grou...

•8 years ago

8th Annual Focus on Lung Cancer

Free to Breathe partnered up with Penn Medicine for the 8th Annual Focus on Lung Cancer. Today, the conference will focus on sharing research findings,...

Free to Breathe partnered up with Penn Medicine for the 8th Annual Focus on Lung...

•8 years ago

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Promising news from a European oncology meeting

Some news on lung cancer treatments from the European Society for Medical Oncology (or ESMO): - A new immunotherapy (atezolizumab or Tecentriq) improved...

Some news on lung cancer treatments from the European Society for Medical Oncolo...

•8 years ago

FDA approves another blood test for a mutation (T790M) in lung cancer

Some of you may have heard about new blood tests to check for lung cancer mutations. And you may have seen the term "liquid biopsy." These blood tests mean...

Some of you may have heard about new blood tests to check for lung cancer mutati...

•8 years ago

Lung Cancer warrior

New here, Diagnosed w Lung Cancer at 38. Ive had lung surgery, ovarian surgery, then uterine surgury w the one remaining ovary, One Ovary at a time......

New here, Diagnosed w Lung Cancer at 38. Ive had lung surgery, ovarian surgery, ...

•8 years ago

Liquid Biopsy Better Option for Advanced Lung Cancer Patients

Imagine, getting a simple, noninvasive blood test instead of a surgical procedure to test for advanced lung cancer mutations. Then, imagine the liquid biopsy...

Imagine, getting a simple, noninvasive blood test instead of a surgical procedur...

•8 years ago

The latest news on another immunotherapy

Hi Everyone! A new immunotherapy called Tecentriq showed positive results in a study of patients with lung cancer. This new treatment could be FDA approved for...

Hi Everyone! A new immunotherapy called Tecentriq showed positive results in a s...

•8 years ago

The FDA will be reviewing a new experimental treatment for lung cancer

Some of you may have seen the recent news about an experimental drug called brigatinib. This drug is not currently FDA approved, but studies are ongoing and...

Some of you may have seen the recent news about an experimental drug called brig...

•8 years ago

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Anxious about your upcoming scan? You're not alone!

Scan-associated Distress May Be Persistent for Patients With NSCLC Scan-associated distress, which is commonly experienced by patients with non-small cell...

Scan-associated Distress May Be Persistent for Patients With NSCLC Scan-associa...

•8 years ago

Lung Cancer Survivor Wins Gold at Rio 2016 Olympics

It's absolutely amazing to see a lung cancer survivor win a gold medal in sailing at the ‪Rio 2016‬ Olympics. Santiago Lange is now the oldest medalist at the...

It's absolutely amazing to see a lung cancer survivor win a gold medal in sailin...

•8 years ago

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