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From our colleagues at Lung Ambition Alliance – November 1, 2023 This Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we’re encouraging you to Take the pLUNGe again! Early detection of lung cancer is key to improving patients’ outcomes and survival.i,ii Lung cancer doesn’t always present outward signs and symptoms, and early detection is critical to ensuring the best […]

Lung Cancer Management – The Challenge From the Lung Ambition Alliance website, October 2023. There remains considerable variation in the management of lung cancer around the world. Access for patients to important diagnostics, treatments and support programs varies markedly. Our Solution ILC2: Initiatives in Lung Cancer Care, a Global Funding Opportunity to Transform Patient Care and […]

From Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation website – 26th October 2023   The widow of the late politician the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP is embarking on a new fundraising challenge to mark the two-year anniversary of his death. Cathy Brokenshire will be walking 13 miles from Seaford to Eastbourne in East Sussex on Thursday […]

From the website of our colleagues at Lung Cancer Policy Network: We speak to Stefania Vallone, Board member, Women Against Lung Cancer in Europe (WALCE), Italy  What led you to work in the field of lung cancer? My experience as a patient advocate began by chance in 2007, when I met an oncologist who gave me the […]

From the FairLife Lung Cancer Care website:  We proudly announce the launch of FairLife L.C.C.‘s new logo! The logo reflects our commitment to contemporary social challenges and captures our vision to provide holistic support to the lung cancer community in Greece. The key feature of our new look is the green color, a symbol of hope and sustainability […]

On World Lung Day, September 25th, we unite to promote better lung health for all. Lung cancer prevalence , as with many respiratory conditions, often reflects underlying social and financial inequity. This year’s theme is Access to prevention and treatment for all. Leave no one behind. Let’s raise awareness of the importance of lung health […]

The GLCC Annual Members meeting took place from Wednesday 6 through to Friday 8 September this year. The venue was the ParkRoyal hotel on Kitchener Road in Singapore. Once again the GLCC ‘family’ gathered to meet, network, and share insights and experiences. Patient organisations from across globe – we now number 43 non-government organisations from […]

Every year, on this day, the world comes together to highlight the risk factors that lead to lung cancer, spread awareness, and highlight its prominence and the need for further research. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, accounting for the highest mortality rates among both men and women. It claims the […]

  18th July 2023  Earlier this year, the Lung Cancer Policy Network published A framework to support the implementation of LDCT lung cancer screening, which incorporates six key elements necessary for the effective implementation of lung cancer screening programmes. To build on this important resource, the Network is now publishing a series of policy briefs that […]

Once again, the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO) from IASLC throws its spotlight on a GLCC member nation. This time, lung cancer healthcare provision in the Republic of Ireland is outlined, in a paper by Rachel J. Keogh, MBBCH, BAO, MSc , Martin P. Barr, PhD et al. To quote the introduction: ‘’The National Cancer […]