#LCSM Chat 10/8: Be the Change for #LCAM15

November is just around the corner! The #lcsm community will spend our October 8 chat (at 8 PM ET, 5 PM PT) discussing our plans for #LCAM15 (the Symplur-registered healthcare hashtag for Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2015). Janet Freeman-Daily (@JFreemanDaily) will be moderating. This year during #LCAM15, @lcsmchat will be highlighting patients and the research that’s helping us stay alive. Each day we will post a link to a lung cancer clinical trial and a picture of someone who has had lung cancer. The pictures will be posted with two hashtags, #LCAM15… Read More

#LCSM Chat Topic 11/20 (8 PM EST): Know Your Radon Risk

What action would you take to protect your family if you suspected a killer was in your home? Radon gas is odorless, colorless, and classified as a human carcinogen by the World Health Organization, US National Academy of Sciences, US Department of Health and Human Services, and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Approximately 21,000 Americans will die from radon-induced lung cancer this year. Indoor exposure to radon gas is the second greatest known risk factor for lung cancer.  Radon exposure is a threat significant enough that nine federal agencies worked together to release the Federal Radon Action Plan in… Read More

#LCSM Chat tweets for Lung Cancer Awareness Month (#LCAM14)

During Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November (#LCAM14), #LCSM Chat (@lcsmchat on Twitter) will post daily tweets following the schedule below.   All times are Pacific. 6 AM:    lung cancer fact or statistic (check our list of ready-made tweets) 10 AM:  research or new treatment info (written or video) 2 PM:    inspirational survivor story (written or video) 6 PM:    #nostigma statements and/or #WhipLungCancer videos Some of our tweets will be new, some will be tweets we’ve posted in the past, and some will highlight tweets posted by others in the lung cancer community. Please… Read More