Posted on September 23, 2014 by Gray Connections
It has been a couple of years since the National Lung Screening Trial demonstrated a clear survival benefit for low dose CT (LDCT) screening of patients who have a high risk of lung cancer (with “high risk” defined as age 55-75 and a significant smoking history). While lung cancer screening is offered in programs at various centers around the US, it remains a controversial procedure that has not been approved by Medicare as a covered service. On Thursday, September 25th, 8PM ET/ 5PM PT, we’ll discuss the existing barriers in lung cancer… Read More
Posted on September 8, 2014 by Gray Connections
Our September 11 #LCSM Chat on Twitter (at 8 PM ET, 5 PM PT) will be an opportunity to brainstorm, coordinate and plan social media activities for 2014 Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November. The chat will be moderated by Janet Freeman-Daily. In November 2013, the #LCSM community promoted lung cancer awareness using the hashtag #LCAM on Twitter. Each day of the month, we tweeted a different factoid or call to action related to lung cancer. Others retweeted those facts and posted them on social media sites like Facebook. You can find a… Read More
Posted on August 26, 2014 by Gray Connections
Our 8/28 #LCSM Chat (at 8 PM ET, 5 PM PT) will be a brainstorming session about possible improvements to the #LCSM website. Our #LCSM website, intended primarily to inform people about #LCSM Chat and its activities on Twitter, is pretty basic and is maintained by a couple of volunteers in their spare time. Since #LCSM is not affiliated with any nonprofits and does not fundraise, we don’t add many bells or whistles. Thanks to supporters, we do occasionally receive some funds we could use to improve the site. Because #LCSM is a collaboration… Read More
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