I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
In May of 2015, Anne had a seizure before taking her young children to school. After she was rushed to the hospital, she received a diagnosis that changed her life. Anne was diagnosed with stage IV, EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). She is now on a...
I am a caregiver or family member.
In 2011, Dr. Elad Shilo, a 47-year-old meteorologist at the Israel Meteorological Institute, was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer and shocked his wife Shani and their children, ages six and nine. During the struggle for his life, Shani founded The Israel Lung...
I am a caregiver or family member.
My mom was a smoker; everybody who knew her knew that. It wasn’t until the day of her accident, November 4, 2015, that we even knew there was something going on. After undergoing surgeries for her broken bones, they finally got around to testing her for different...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
Hazel Senz was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer in March of 2014. She has been on a series of medications, including targeted therapy for her ALK mutation. She talks about her experience with research and clinical trials below.
I am a caregiver or family member.
Our journey with lung cancer began in March 2016. I had just returned to work after having our beautiful baby girl. My husband Matt and I were finally starting to get the hang of this parenting thing when an appointment to get his vision checked changed our lives...