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Lung Cancer: A World View – project report published
Lung Cancer: A World View The GLCC commissioned a project to understand campaigning priorities in lung cancer at a national level. Our colleagues at Evoke Incisive Health helped us to compile, collate and publish this report. The GLCC serves as the international voice of people affected by lung cancer. Therefore member organisations have a key […]
GLCC achievement award for Win Boerckel
Win Boerckel with the award presented by Maureen Rigney The GLCC honoured Winfield (Win) Boerckel’s retirement after many years of service to the coalition and the lung cancer community at our 2022 annual meeting in Vienna, Austria. After Win’s wife died from cancer in 1982 and he retired from the Long Island Railroad, he became […]
Latest issue of Unity arrives
The Spring/Summer issue of the GLCC’s own newsletter, UNITY, is now available. The new issue leads with a report on our updated e-Atlas. You can also read about our Third Patient Experience Survey. The Spotlight falls on Samo Pitamic, director of Na-Vdih in Slovenia, while there is also an account of Mary Ann Bradley receiving […]
Meeting in Vienna: value of co-operation and sharing ideas
Korina Pateli-Bell of FairLife Cancer Care (Greece) and Peter Czanyo of Fundacion Pacientes Cancer de Pulmon (Argentina) at the 2022 annual meeting The experience of people living with lung cancer, and those affected by it, is at the very core of the work of the GLCC. Members and supporting partners who gathered for […]
GLCC Meeting underway in Vienna
Peter Czanyo of Fundacion Pacientes Cancer de Pulmon and Korina Pateli-Bell of FairLife Lung Care Delegates from many of the GLCC’s worldwide network of member organisations are in Vienna, meeting face to face for the first time in since the 2019 meeting in Barcelona. The effects of the pandemic have restricted us to virtual […]
See you in Vienna?
For the first time since the meeting in Barcelona, Spain, in 2019, members of the GLCC will be able to meet and share insights face to face. After holding the past two annual members’ meetings via video links, it will be a refreshing change for many of the GLCC membership to once again gather together, […]
Spotlight on GLCC in LAAtest news
The second edition of the Lung Ambition Alliance newsletter, The LAAtest, takes a close look at our newly refreshed eAtlas in its ‘Spotlight’ feature. Other items to note within this issue: an overview of the LAA partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF), with particular reference to the recent 75th World Health Assembly hosted by […]
JTO article puts spotlight on lung cancer in Germany
Once again, with the kind permission of IASLC and the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, we highlight an article relating to one of our member nations. From the JTO June 2022, as part of its Lung Cancer Worldwide series: Dr Nikolaj Frost and colleagues discuss Lung Cancer in Germany, in a comprehensive and informative article. […]
Call for European nominations for 2022 IASLC Cancer Care Team Awards
The IASLC Cancer Care Team Award honours multidisciplinary teams, as nominated by the patients they serve. Teams are evaluated based on seamless/informed communication, and individualised treatment plans based on not just the patient’s needs, but the patient’s wishes. This year’s winning teams (one from each of four global regions) will be recognized in IASLC newsletters, […]
Netherlands study highlights ‘toxic’ financial impact of lung cancer
Financial Toxicity of Lung Cancer in the Netherlands NB: This article appears in the ILC News. You can read the full article here. EVEN WHEN TREATMENT COSTS ARE COVERED, THE MAJORITY OF LUNG CANCER PATIENTS EXPERIENCE INCREASED EXPENSES AND/OR REDUCED INCOME FOLLOWING THEIR DIAGNOSES. By: Anne-Marie C. Dingemans, MD, PhD, Jente Klok, MSc, Lidia Barberio, […]
New GLCC E-Atlas launched
NEWS ALERT: We have updated our lung cancer e-Atlas with the latest incidence and mortality data for every country in the world. The revised e Atlas also features a new tool to help compare lung cancer data between countries. If you are looking to compare countries’ lung cancer outcomes or want to find out whether […]
Implementing Lung Cancer Screening in Europe: Taking a Systems Approach – JTO article
A new article available now in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO) outlines key factors needed to implement a successful lung cancer screening programme in Europe. Implementing Lung Cancer Screening in Europe: Taking a Systems Approach – Wait et al 2022. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Europe. Screening by means of […]
