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 [...]

Advocacy in Action was recently held at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam. During Advocacy in Action, Director of Membership at IASLC (Kristin Richeimer) addressed the advocates about IASLC would like to work more with advocate groups.

Advocacy in Action was filmed at ASCO 2011. This discussion is led by Professor David Kerr, President of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and contains a very specific plea for President Obama. Featuring: Selma Schimmel (Vital Options International), Ginny Mason (Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation), Kristin Richeimer (International Association for the Study of [...]

This discussion is led by Prof. David Kerr (President of ESMO), Diane Blum (CEO Lymphoma Research Foundation), Regina Vidaver (Exec. Dir. of the Nat’l Lung Cancer Partnership) and Selma Schimmel (Founder & CEO Vital Options International. Featuring Cancer Advocates: Joya Delgado Harris (Y-Me National Breast Cancer Foundation), Ivy Ahmed (Cancer Support Community), Arin Assero (International [...]