Hope With Answers: Living With Lung Cancer

How a Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient is Outliving the Odds

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. Triparna Sen, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
 
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LCFA’s mission is the improvement in survivorship of lung cancer patients through the funding of transformative science.
While raising funds to support lung cancer research, LCFA will raise the public’s awareness and serve as a resource for patients or anyone seeking answers, hope, and access to updated treatment information, scientific investigation, and clinical trials.
You can also join the conversation with LCFA on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

V-Day Special: # Lung Cancer Love Stories

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 Conneran, Lisa Goldman, and Frank McKenna.
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LCFA is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the survivorship of lung cancer patients by funding lung cancer research. Visit lcfamerica.org.

Inside LCFA’s Mission to Fund Lung Cancer Research Grants: Research is the Key to Saving Lives

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 lung cancer live longer, healthier lives. Listen in to a fascinating behind-the-scenes conversation with LCFA's founders and the head of its scientific advisory board about the importance of this funding in the fight against lung cancer.
Guests
Dr. David Carbone, The Ohio State University
Marta Kauffman, LCFA Board Member
Dr. Triparna Sen, LCFA Young Investigator
Dr. Jarushka Naidoo, LCFA Young Investigator
Dr. Alice Berger, LCFA Young Investigator
Dr. Christine Lovly, LCFA Young Investigator
 
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LCFA is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the survivorship of lung cancer patients by funding lung cancer research. Visit lcfamerica.org.

Is the COVID vaccine safe? Building trust in coronavirus vaccines

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 volunteered for a phase 3 coronavirus clinical trial, and African American lung cancer patient advocates about their vaccine concerns and what questions they’ll be asking their own doctors about taking a vaccine.
Guests
Dr. David Tom Cooke, UC Davis Health
Montessa Lee, living with Small Cell Lung Cancer, LCFA Speaker Bureau
Laronica Conway, #LCSM Co-Founder, LCFA Speaker Bureau
 
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How These Patient Advocates Show the Importance of Lung Cancer Research

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 Feldman, Gina Hollenbeck, Lysa Buonanno, April Rempfer, Lisa Goldman
David Sturges, LCFA Founder and Treasurer
Kim Norris, LCFA Co-founder and President
 
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LCFA is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the survivorship of lung cancer patients by funding lung cancer research. Visit lcfamerica.org.

11 - Top Tips for Battling COVID Fatigue This Holiday Season

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 University of Minnesota Medical School pulmonologist about the latest research and advice on avoiding Covid-19.
Guests
Dr. Laura Melton, Clinical Health Psychologist at UC Health
Dr. David Ingbar, Pulmonologist at University of Minnesota Medical School
Episode 11 Show Notes
LCFA is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the survivorship of lung cancer patients by funding lung cancer research. Visit lcfamerica.org.

10 - Women in Science: The Young Investigators on the Front Lines in the Fight Against Lung Cancer

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 research forward.
Guests
Marta Kauffman, LCFA Board Member
Dr. Triparna Sen, LCFA Young Investigator
Dr. Jarushka Naidoo, LCFA Young Investigator
Dr. Alice Berger, LCFA Young Investigator
Dr. Christine Lovly, LCFA Young Investigator
Episode 10 Show Notes
Resources:
LCFA Grant Recipients
LCFA Grant Opportunities
Donate to help fund LCFA’s mission of funding cutting-edge lung cancer research
LCFA is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the survivorship of lung cancer patients by funding lung cancer research. Visit lcfamerica.org.

09.3 - What is the impact of Covid on clinical trials and lung cancer research?

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 feel confident in going to the doctor for lung cancer care, clinical trials, and more.
Guests
Dr. Martin Edelman, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Dr. Kellie Smith, Johns Hopkins
Episode 9.3 Show Notes
 
LCFA is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the survivorship of lung cancer patients by funding lung cancer research. Visit lcfamerica.org.

09.2 - Why are clinical trials important even during COVID-19?

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 concern that people aren't getting the care they need during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to poorer outcomes for people with lung cancer. Dr. Carbone shares how important it is for people to get diagnosed as early as possible and shares how you can go safely to see your oncologist and participate in a clinical trial.
Guests
Wayne & Rebecca Weyung
Dr. David Carbone, The Ohio State University
Episode 9.2 Show Notes
LCFA is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the survivorship of lung cancer patients by funding lung cancer research. Visit lcfamerica.org.

09.1 - Is it safe to participate in clinical trials during COVID-19?

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 patients in a new KRAS clinical trial. We will give you tips on how you can keep yourself as safe as possible and still get the treatment you need.
Guests
Terri Conneran, Founder of KRAS Kickers
Dr. Hossein Borghaei, Chief in the Division of Thoracic Medical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA
LCFA is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the survivorship of lung cancer patients by funding lung cancer research. Visit lcfamerica.org.
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