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Biomarker testing plays an important role in today’s cancer care — but many people aren’t sure what it is, when it’s used, or how to understand the results.

Join our part two of our three-part Cancer Program webinar series designed for people with cancer and their care partners. Each session is 30 minutes and provides clear, practical information in an easy-to-understand format.

Session 2: Understanding Biomarker Results for People with Cancer

Biomarker reports can feel overwhelming. This session will provide a simple overview of how to approach your results and introduce helpful tools and resources that can make reports easier to understand and discuss with your care team.

https://events.zoom.us/ev/Ah95zrtEImuyalvE5EJWxfqXVRNJRrgSxHcuhLwSRDgltALtIvrd~AtTDmyFJuAwDBb92kVSciyiwphYtcgVF-v0HYcShGGgu-IMX66AOPg6ZNw

What if patients helped design the research that impacts them? Meet our Citizen Scientists!!

Over the next 6 months, they’ll gain the tools to turn lived experience into real research impact. From crafting research questions to understanding how studies are built.

This is more than training. It’s about giving our community a voice in shaping the future of lung cancer research.

Learn more our newest cohort of Citizen Scientists and about program by visiting citizenscientistprogram.org

How has clinical trial participation affected people living with small cell lung cancer?

Join us for a YouTube Live on Friday, June 26, with Charles Rudin, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Rudin will discuss how participation in clinical trials has brought hope and meaningful change for people with SCLC.

Moderated by Misty Shields, MD, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine, and LUNGevity’s Ann Fish-Steagall, SVP of Patient Services and Health Care Delivery, this monthly virtual series highlights the latest discoveries and breakthroughs for SCLC.

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel now to get notifications of when we are live: https://lnkd.in/gAy_VGh6

Such important conversations at the Work & Cancer Conference by Cancer and Careers!

Watch now: Breathe Out: Advancing Early Lng Cancer Screening in the LGBTQIA+ Community

In this webinar we highlight the significant and growing disparities in lung cancer risk among LGBTQIA+ individuals, including higher smoking rates, targeted to***co industry marketing, and persistent barriers to accessing care—many of which are compounded by discrimination, medical mistrust, and a lack of research focused on this population. This webinar is intended for healthcare professionals, community health equity champions, and anyone interested in equitable access to healthcare.

Watch here: https://www.lungevity.org/blogs/conversations-that-count-breathe-out-%E2%80%93-advancing-early-lung-cancer-screening-in-lgbtqia

This we are celebrating the friendships made in the lung cancer community. The relationships formed are meaning and vital to living with lung cancer.

This year at HOPE Summit we were able to see friendships in person. Whether it was survivors who have been friends for decades reunited or the beginning of friendships that will end up being a life line while walking the path of a lung cancer patient.

Thank you for being part of this community, thank you for showing up for each other on the good days and the hard days, thank you for letting us support you.

Let’s see your best friends! Share pictures in the comments or tag in your posts so we can amply the friendships that make our community so special.

Lung cancer survivorship begins at the day of diagnosis. Every person living with lung cancer is a survivor. Today we celebrate your survivorship and show gratitude for the advancements in lung cancer research that are helping people live longer, fuller lives with lung cancer.

Share a photo of life after your lung cancer diagnosis and tag so we can reshare and spread awareness today.

If you need support, please visit lungevity.org/support to find a virtual meetup, online community, or LifeLine Partner. You are not alone.

Announcing our summer tour dates for the LungXperience!

Join us in Michigan, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Indiana, or Ohio this summer to win prizes as we share lung cancer facts and spread awareness.

Learn more about this fun initiative by visiting https://lnkd.in/gY2kfYyr

Hope to see you on tour this summer!

Happy Global Running Day!

Team LUNGevity is honored to have 223 athletes representing 28 states + D.C. and 5 additional countries running in 15 events all over the world! So far this year, Team LUNGevity has raised $345,796 for lung cancer research and support services!

Join Team LUNGevity and turn your miles into action for the lung cancer community. Visit teamLUNGevity.org to get started!