November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month! |
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15-month calendar filled with awareness/advocacy tips.
While supplies last. Available from the ALCASE
Store Golf tournaments! Lung cancer walks! Dances! Organized by dedicated volunteers! These events raise funds to support ALCASE programs and increase public awareness of lung cancer issues and the people affected by the disease. Attend one—and get in touch with us to plan something in your community! November 6: Walks, runs, dances & rallies in Chicago, Virginia Beach, & Wallingford, CT November 14: 5K Walk in Charlottesville, VA |
Tarceva Access (ACT) Trial Opens Medicare Replacement Drug Demonstration Project ALCASE headquarters moving to Washington, DC To better serve lung cancer patients, and those at risk for the disease, ALCASE is embracing a new strategic direction, which includes moving its headquarters to Washington D.C. To learn more, read the full news release here. more... |
Flu shots: Paul A. Bunn, Jr., M.D., director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center and member of ALCASE's board of Directors and Medical Advisory Committee offers this guidance about flu shots: All lung cancer patients, whether before, during or after therapy should receive a flu vaccine. If possible, the vaccine would be administered before or after therapy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) has detailed information about influenza, including locations to check for vaccine. |
October & November. Conferences
in Seattle, Chicago, New York, Berlin; Local
programs around the country. |
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