Authors: Renee Botello, MSc., Treatment and Trials Navigator; Andrew Ciupek, PhD, Associate Director, Clinical Research; Chief Scientific Officer Jennifer C. King, PhD; Shanada Monestime, PharmD, BCOP, Director, Community Engaged Research Every person’s cancer is different, which is why we [...]
By Kent Smith, lung cancer caregiver, advocate and GO2 for Lung Cancer Phone Buddy When my wife Debra was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, we were in shock. She had been having issues with her hip, which, after [...]
A Secret Service agent based in Phoenix, AZ, Rodney Wellman was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in October 2018. He was an avid runner, and decided to use his passion as a way to fundraise for lung cancer [...]
JoAnn Berridge was misdiagnosed, repeatedly. Doctors thought she had allergy-related post-nasal drip; then they thought she had acid reflux. After a year of trial and error and a persistent cough, her primary care physician ordered a chest X-ray in [...]
Australian Lisa Briggs is proof that living on a different continent is no impediment to connecting with GO2 for Lung Cancer. In 2014, after months of misdiagnosis, she learned she had stage IV lung cancer, ALK-positive. The 32-year-old healthcare [...]
Like many seasoned athletes, the last thing on Keith Perry’s radar was developing lung cancer. But less than two years ago, he received that diagnosis and believed his racing days were over. But despite a stage [...]
Patty (third from right) and her family By Patty Watkins I learned that I had stage 4 adenocarcinoma in February 2014 and was only given two days to live, but fortunately survived beyond this bleak, initial diagnosis. [...]
By Teri Schrul I feel lucky that I can spend Valentine’s Day with my hero. Not many people can say that. My husband Bill was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in June 2012. It came as a complete [...]