Surprising Facts
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We have raised over
$
1000
for lung cancer awareness
Lung cancer remains the deadliest of all cancers
Despite being the 2nd most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women (after breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men) the mortality from lung cancer remains as bad as the mortality from breast, prostate and pancreatic cancers combined!
An estimated 238,340 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2023 in the US.
The chance that a man will develop lung cancer in his lifetime is about 1 in 16. For a woman, the risk is about 1 in 17. These numbers include both people who smoke and those who don't smoke, so it is more than likely that you know someone who has or has had lung cancer.
Women who never smoked are more than twice as likely to get lung cancer as men who never smoked.
Thankfully, because of screening and new therapies, the death rates, despite still being high, are finally improving!
The mission we are working towards
We aim to improve the facts people know about lung cancer and to dispel some myths or outdated information.
Our biggest aim is to dispel stigma, guilt and shame and improve the isolation that often comes with this diagnosis. We need to create a COMMUNITY that will support each other and be a source of reliable and factual information so that we can continue to make progress with lung cancer.
We also aim to improve screening for lung cancer for those who qualify.
We are also looking to contribute to lung cancer research by funding a grant that will be run by the National Lung Cancer Round Table!
We will also support educational events to improve the number of people who are eligible that get screened for lung cancer, since the current numbers in the USA are very low.
Finally, we will create and distribute educational materials about lung cancer to help people understand the disease and to dispel myths and mis-information.
Our mission is to raise awareness for lung cancer
We want to make sure people have reliable resources and that we talk about lung cancer! Unless we make the conversation and facts around lung cancer mainstream, we will be held back from improving lung cancer screening and early detection of lung cancer that can save lives.
- Screening
- New diagnostic tools
- Biomarker testing
- New therapies for lung cancer including targeted therapies and immunotherapy