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Go2 Foundation: Expanding the campaign for lung cancer screening
From Go2 Foundation for Lung Cancer website July 1st, 2021 Lung cancer screening saves lives. We know this. It has been our rallying cry for decades and has remained a core initiative. Now, we’re excited to partner on the “Screen Your Lungs” campaign to help meet our goal of bringing lung cancer screening to the millions at risk for the […]
MRFF funding for three Australian lung cancer research projects
From Lung Foundation Australia: We’re pleased to see funding of three lung cancer research projects by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – $4.8m investment into screening and $2.5m into genomic testing. Congratulations to the teams and other funding recipients. We look forward to supporting these projects and sharing with our community.
Lung Cancer Nursing UK webinar on national lung cancer audit
From Lung Cancer Nursing UK: The national lung cancer audit is the only cancer audit in the UK that has been collecting data for the last 17 years. Join our webinar, 7 July, which will take you through the history of the audit & how it has stimulated improvements in patient care http://ow.ly/3Jvh50F9YZx
Webcast on Cancer Screening issues from Prevent Cancer Foundation online now
From the Prevent Cancer Foundation (USA): If you missed the third #PreventCancerDialogue webcast on “Progress and Challenges in Cancer Screening” live on June 2, we’ve got you covered! You can still view the session recordings and earn Continuing Education credits. Just register for the webcast and log in now. Session recordings are available until July […]
Latest issue of Unity newsletter now available
The latest edition of Unity, the newsletter of the Global Lung Cancer Coalition, is now available. It has been circulated to all GLCC member organisations, and you can also download it here as a pdf document. Screening Resource Centre Highlighted The COVID-19 pandemic has made this a difficult and challenging year for many of […]
BLF shares Long COVID information and campaign for clean air
New Long COVID info and clean air campaign by BLF The British Lung Foundation is engaging with followers and supporters to promote latest information on the effects of Long COVID on respiratory health. The BLF is also highlighting issues around air pollution across the the UK. It is asking people to sign its petition calling […]
GLCC Patient Experience Survey data presented at #BTOG21
The 2021 BTOG (British Thoracic Oncology Group) conference is now finished. It had to be a virtual event, given the present circumstances, and could be accessed online only. GLCC and its members made contributions to the agenda this year, with particular reference to the impact of the global pandemic on lung cancer patients and their […]
GLCC members among recipients of latest round of ICL2 funding from LAA
The Initiatives in Lung Cancer Care (ILC2) program is a flagship project of the Lung Ambition Alliance. Each year, it provides support to organisations offering projects to transform lung cancer patient care and improve the patient experience. Selected projects, awarded in 2020 and 2021, received a total of nearly $2M. ILC2 projects span the globe, […]
Lung Ambition Alliance announces latest ILC2 recipients
From the Lung Ambition Alliance 12th April 2021: The ILC2 program continues to fund innovative, promising and proven projects to close the gaps in the patient experience of lung cancer care. Now we are announcing the latest awarded projects from Round 2 applications. Read about their #lungambition: https://www.lungambitionalliance.com/improved-quality-care/initiatives-in-lung-cancer-care.html
More than one in ten lung cancer patients unaware of type of tumour they have
Data from a 17-country study carried out by GLCC to be presented at the European Lung Cancer Conference
2021 Patient Experience Survey – fresh links added
Your chance to share your lung cancer patient experience – additional links now added
A warm welcome to our latest member – FairLife Lung Cancer Care
FairLife Lung Cancer Care joins the GLCC The GLCC is proud to offer a warm welcome to its latest member, FairLife Lung Cancer Care, a not-for-profit organisation established to benefit anyone affected by lung cancer in Greece. You can visit the FairLife LCC website here. It was set up in 2020 in memory of Simon Bell, […]
