Hope With Answers: Living With Lung Cancer

It’s Not Covid? It’s Lung Cancer? A lung cancer diagnosis was the shocker to the year Annabelle Gurwitch already had going in 2020. She went to have a Covid test and left with a lung cancer diagnosis. She’s an actress, activist, and author of five books including I See You Made an Effort. In 2020, she’d written a new book and started as a co-host on a podcast called Tiny Victories. Now she is shar...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recently changed the guidelines for lung cancer screening. Listen to two experts who helped establish the first set of screening guidelines. Then hear from a patient advocate living with lung cancer on how the change in screening is a step in the right direction. Guests: Dr. Denise Aberle, LCFA Scientific Advisory Board member David Sturges, LCFA Co-foun...

Learn the latest Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) research. Hear from 14-year SCLC patient/advocate for the underdog, Montessa Lee, who took her anger and turned it into advocacy. Listen to lung cancer researcher Dr. Triparna Sen explain how DNA damage repair inhibitors are the “Achilles Heel” of SCLC tumors. Guests:  Montessa Lee: educator, lung cancer patient advocate, 14-year SCLC survivor Dr. Tri...

Living with lung cancer isn't a solitary activity. It's a daily action in concert with the support of family, friends, loved ones, and even people who seem to appear out of the blue to offer support. In this Valentine's Day episode, we explore the wonderful ways people living with lung cancer have found support and what it means to them. Guests LCFA Speakers Bureau members Carol Brickell, Terri Co...

LCFA's driving mission is to fund lung cancer research grants, the critical early-stage research that paves the way to much bigger funding for treatment breakthroughs and clinical trials. Our Young Investigators grant fund this cutting-edge research that is leading to some of the most exciting, innovative lung cancer research that will ultimately lead to saving lives and helping people living with...

Science developed COVID vaccines in record time, but now that they’re ready, will people take them? Distrust among communities of color, especially historically disadvantaged African American communities, and a lack of data on the vaccine among people living with lung cancer are proving challenging to the vaccine rollout. In this episode, we talk to an African American pulmonary surgeon who volunt...

What gets you out of bed in the morning? For people living with lung cancer, it's family, friends, work, community involvement, favorite activities and so much more. We'll find out what living with lung cancer looks like from patient advocates who are living longer, healthier lives thanks to advances in lung cancer research. Guests LCFA Speakers Bureau Members:- Frank McKenna, Terri Conneran, Jill...

How do you spend time with family during the holidays while staying safe from Covid-19? Signs of Covid fatigue (like not wearing masks and gathering in larger groups) are leading to another spike in positivity rates just as flu season ramps up. We'll talk to a psychologist at the University of Colorado Medical Center about how to maintain the resolve to stay safe and healthy, and hear from a Unive...

Women in science face many challenges. Hollywood producer Marta Kauffman – the co-creator behind hit shows Friends and Grace and Frankie, and an LCFA board member – hosts an intimate conversation with the driving forces behind LCFA's mission: a group of young women scientists on the front lines of the fight against lung cancer. Learn more about their studies and how they can push lung cancer resea...

Johns Hopkins lung cancer researcher Dr. Kellie Smith was in the middle of a clinical trial interview when COVID-19 interrupted everything. Find out how COVID-19 has impacted clinical trials and why she's hopeful that coronavirus research will end up helping the fight against lung cancer. At Philadelphia's Fox Chase Cancer Center, Dr. Martin Edelman explains why anyone needing health care should f...

Why are clinical trials so important? Lung cancer patients are living longer and healthier lives thanks to treatments made possible by research. We talk to KRAS lung cancer patient Rebecca and her husband Wayne about what research means to them and how they evaluate enrollment in potential clinical trials. We also talk to thoracic oncologist Dr. David Carbone of the Ohio State University about the...

Are clinical trials safe to participate in during COVID-19? Clinical trial enrollment across the board is down and much of the issue is the fear patients have about going to a hospital, especially as lung cancer patients in an immunocompromised state. Today we talk to KRAS patient and founder of the KRAS Kickers biomarker group Terri Conneran and a KRAS researcher who is currently enrolling patien...

Living with lung cancer comes with many challenges, especially during the COVID-19 era. Unfortunately, information about how COVID-19 affects lung cancer patients is hard to come by. Stepping into this void, lung cancer advocacy groups have worked together to produce consistent resources with the latest learnings, updates, and information to help those living with lung cancer during COVID-19.Guest...

A doctor’s visit by computer? A second opinion from thousands of miles away? COVID-19 is changing how health care is delivered for people across the country, but lung cancer patients have been at the forefront of using this technology (telemedicine) to manage their diagnosis for years. Listen in as lung cancer patient and advocate Gina Hollenbeck talks to her incredible health care team of Dr. Ray...

Living with lung cancer is complicated on a regular day, but the global COVID-19 pandemic is creating an entirely new set of complications: shopping, accessing medical care, and getting some fresh air and exercise take on new complexity. As quarantine fatigue increased, so too has the stress and anxiety about the reopening of workplaces and restaurants. In this episode of the Hope With Answers: Li...

More so than ever, today it is possible to live a long and productive life with lung cancer. Finding a new normal involves finding support from and for your family, and learning as much as you can about your diagnosis and treatment options. In this final episode of a 3-part series of the Hope With Answers: Living With Lung Cancer podcast called The 1st Seven Days, you'll get advice from lung cance...

If you've never heard of a thoracic oncologist, biomarker testing, or don't know what information you're looking for a second opinion, you aren't alone! A lung cancer diagnosis can send you reeling into a confusing world where you feel like you don't speak the language. In this 3-episode series called the 1st Seven Days, the Hope With Answers: Living With Lung Cancer podcast team helps you manage...

"I have lung cancer, now what?" The days following a lung cancer diagnosis are often a blur of confusion, fear, doctor's appointments, and tough conversations with family and friends. First and foremost, it feels like treatment needs to start happening NOW, but rest assured, you have time to set up a treatment plan that works for you. In this 3-episode series called the 1st Seven Days, the Hope Wi...

Cancer clinical trials can be a lung cancer patient's best option for accessing the most promising new treatments. It's important to understand how clinical trials work and how to talk to your doctor about which trial might be a good fit. In this episode of the Hope With Answers: Living With Lung Cancer podcast, we talk to a veteran of four lung cancer clinical trials (and the trials of online dat...

Early detection of lung cancer can mean that lung cancer patients have more treatment options and a far greater chance of survival. The 5-year survival rate for those diagnosed before the cancer has spread rises from 18 out of every 100 people to 55 out of every 100. But, the key is being tested for lung cancer early. Many times, there are no early signs of lung cancer in its early stages. Instead...

What does it feel like living with lung cancer day-to-day? Lung cancer patient and nurse Gina Hollenbeck weighs in. Plus, we drop in on Jill Feldman and Steven Petrow's discussion about an oft-dreaded conversation: how to tell the family you have cancer.

In this special episode recorded March 16, 2020, hear how some lung cancer patients are keeping up their spirits and filling the refrigerator while staying safe at home. Get the latest information on how Covid-19 can affect lung cancer patients from Dr. Ross Camidge, Director of Thoracic Oncology at the University of Colorado Hospital.

The global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has serious implications for us all, but it's especially concerning for the immunocompromised. In this episode, we discuss what you need to know about coronavirus and lung cancer. We'll talk with lung cancer patients about how difficult it is to get a coronavirus test and the challenges families and caregivers have living with someone with lung cancer dur...