#LCSM Chat topic 11/17– FB Live Q&A with NCI on Immunotherapy and Clinical Trials

For Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is once again partnering with #LCSM Chat for a special event. During the first half of our November 17 tweetchat, which starts at the usual 8 PM Eastern time (5 PM Pacific), the NCI’s Dr. Shakun Malik (head of thoracic oncology therapeutics) and Janet Freeman-Daily (lung cancer patient/activist and founding member of #LCSM Chat) will have a 30-minute Facebook Live question and answer session on the topic of “Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer: New Research and Clinical Trials.”  The Facebook Live event will… Read More

#LCSM Chat topic 11/3: #LCAM—Pick Your Passion

It’s November, and that means LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH is here! The registered Twitter hashtag for Lung Cancer Awareness Month this year (and hopefully all future years) is #LCAM. If you want to get involved in spreading awareness and generating support for lung cancer patients, caregivers, and research, you’re in luck.  Our #LCSM Chat on November 3, 2016, at 8 pm ET (5 pm Pacific) will discuss how YOU can get involved in LCAM. In addition to the LCAM materials and resources available from lung cancer advocacy organizations (see list at the… Read More

#LCSM Chat Topic 9/22: Let’s Talk #LCAM 2016

Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2016 (#LCAM) is just around the corner in November.  Our #LCSM Tweet chat on Thursday, September 22, 2016, at 8 PM Eastern (5 PM Pacific) will be a discussion of #LCAM ideas and activities. New this year will be a joint #LCAM public awareness campaign and a website (LCAM.org) created by a consortium of non-profit lung cancer patient advocacy organizations, individuals, and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC).  The logo at the top of this post is the LCAM logo created by this collaboration. A critical… Read More