Learn More About ALK+NSCLC
As part of Elizabeth’s participation in the Global Lung Cancer Patient Advisory Council sponsored by Roche, she discusses the importance of biomarker testing. Not only does biomarker testing help to ensure a patient receives personalized cancer treatments, the therapies can often times lead to better patient outcomes and enhanced quality of life.
One Day, Hour by Hour, Living with Lung Cancer
Recognizing Stephanie Kaiser, M.S.N., CRNP, AOCNP, Who Has Been a Guardian Angel And Co-Pilot During a Patient’s Unexpected Cancer Journey
Facts: Women and Lung Cancer
In the U.S. 181 women die each day of lung cancer, that’s one every 8 minutes!
Annually, lung cancer kills more women than breast, uterine and cervical cancers COMBINED.
Women who are never smokers are more than twice as likely to get lung cancer as men who are never smokers.
ALk Positive facts
About 50% of ALK-positive lung cancer patients are diagnosed before the age of 50.
Females make up 65% of those diagnosed.
There is no known correlation of ALK-positive lung cancer with any environmental toxins, including smoking, second-hand smoke, asbestos, and air pollution.
Genentech ALK Positivity Project
The ALK Positivity Project aims to inspire people with ALK+ mNSCLC to find their own reasons for staying positive.