This is the first in a three-part series on personalized medicine and cancer and how it may help doctors make important treatment decisions. The discussion highlights the advances in science that are changing what we know about cancer. The Group Room host, Selma Schimmel, sits down with Dr. Jonathan Goldman. Dr. Goldman is [...]

Prof. Keith Kerr, MD, FRCPath discusses the emerging role of biomarkers and targeted therapies in lung cancer and how personalized medicine is truly the future of cancer treatment. The Group Room at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Conference was made possible, in part, by:   VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Selma Schimmel, Founder & CEO, Vital Options International: [...]

Prof. Thierry Le Chevalier, MD discusses his teaching lecture on the management of early stage non-small cell lung cancer and how targeted therapies and personalized medicine are changing the face of lung cancer. The Group Room at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Conference was made possible, in part, by:   VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Selma Schimmel, Founder [...]

Lung cancer has a stigma unlike any other disease and the Advocacy in Action lung cancer advocates want to find some new messaging! A person should not be made to feel shame when they are diagnosed with cancer. No one deserves it. K.C. Oakley, Darby Anderson, Bonnie J. Addario (Jill’s Legacy / Bonnie J. Addario [...]

The New England Journal of Medicine highlighted the results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) at WCLC 2011. The study showed that lung cancer deaths fell by 20% and all-­‐cause mortality fell by 7% when smokers were screened regularly using low-dose spiral CT scans compared to standard x-ray. Advocacy in Action lung cancer advocates [...]

Advocacy in Action lung cancer advocates discuss the how various advocate groups and organizations are encouraging smoking cessation in their countries. Featuring: Regina M. Vidaver (National Lung Cancer Partnership), Selma Schimmel (Vital Options international), Stefania Vallone (Women Against Lung Cancer Europe, WALCE), Glenda Colburn (Lung Cancer National Programme, Australia), Pramod Shankpal (Health Alert Organization, India), [...]

Advocacy in Action lung cancer advocates discuss the important role oncology nurses play in lung cancer treatment and care. Featuring: Regina M. Vidaver (National Lung Cancer Partnership), Selma Schimmel (Vital Options international), Glenda Colburn (Lung Cancer National Programme, Australia) and Liz Isler (Forum Lung Cancer, Switzerland).

Advocacy in Action lung cancer advocates discuss the important role of lung cancer advocates in lung cancer research. Featuring: Regina M. Vidaver (National Lung Cancer Partnership), Selma Schimmel (Vital Options international), Maureen Rigney (Lung Cancer Alliance), Steven Young (The Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute), Kim Norris (Lung Cancer Foundation of America), William Darbishire (The Australian [...]

Advocacy in Action lung cancer advocates discuss the epidemiology of lung cancer, specifically what we understand about gender and the biology of women. Featuring: Regina M. Vidaver (National Lung Cancer Partnership), Selma Schimmel (Vital Options international) and Stefania Vallone (Women Against Lung Cancer Europe, WALCE).

Advocacy in Action was recently held at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam. During Advocacy in Action, a young adult from Santiago, Chile (Trini Donoso) stood up and found her calling as an advocate in her home country.