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Value, Access and Cost of Cancer Care
Feeling Fit — September 19, 2015 Last Friday I attended a conference in Washington D.C. hosted by NCCN (The National Comprehensive Cancer Network), which is an educational body representing a group of...
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God’s Country
Feeling Fit — September 26, 2015 Yoko and I made a trip to Maine last week to get out of the Florida heat. We’d been planning this trip for a year. Unfortunately, we were too early in the fall season...
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Get on Your Marks!
Feeling Fit – October 3, 2015 This is the time of year when I start to get anxious. October 5th will mark the 8th anniversary since I was diagnosed with inoperable Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung...
View ArticleNew NCCN Guidelines for Patients
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has recently published their NCCN Guidelines for Patients for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. The Lung Cancer Research Council has endorsed and is a sponsor of...
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Doing what’s Right, Not what’s Popular
Feeling Fit – October 17, 2015 I went to a Catholic elementary school and I remember Sister Sylvester telling me that if I wanted to know the difference between right and wrong, all I need do is ask...
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60th Birthday Bash
Feeling Fit – October 24, 2015 It’s official. I am now over the age of 60 and racing toward the last and best (I hope) years of my life. Yoko and I spent a very special birthday weekend at my sister’s...
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One Day at a Time
Feeling Fit – October 31st 2015 I’ve been campaigning as a lung cancer advocate since 2009, when I organized a run/walk to raise awareness during November, which is lung cancer awareness month. That...
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Ideas for Creating Awareness
Feeling Fit – November 7th 2015 Today is the SWFL Lung Cancer Run/Walk and Mile of Memories Memorial Walk, commemorating the start of Lung Cancer Awareness Month. I’ve worked hard all year to make this...
View ArticleGiving Thanks to All
I haven’t had a chance to say THANK YOU to everyone that supported our efforts this year to raise lung cancer awareness and promote screening and early detection. Right after the November 7th 5K...
View ArticleGeneral Cancer – Punta Gorda Ladies’ Support Group
Celebrate Life: Ladies’ Cancer Support Group 1st Wednesday of every month 10 a.m. Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association 2001 Shreve Street Punta Gorda, FL 33950 Further information: Contact Diane Mebey:...
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Lung Cancer Hope Month Survival Story
May is Lung Cancer Hope Month! To celebrate, we have found this motivational survival story from ABC7. Photo and article credit: ABC7 Greta Kreuz was a reporter and anchor for 26 years on ABC7. She was...
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Celebrate Life Summer Social Honors Cancer Survivorship, Raises Nearly $8,500...
Thomas Cappiello, Yoko Cappiello, Jennifer Sexton, Christopher Sexton, Lynda Platt, Abby Ellner and Kim McCarren. Cancer survivors, supporters, friends and families recently came together at the...
View ArticleLung Cancer Research Funding
Your browser does not support the video tag. Learn more about the lack of lung cancer research funding in this NBC2 interview featuring Thomas Cappiello, Lung Cancer Research Council Founder &...
View ArticleImmunotherapy and its Ability to Fight Cancer
Unlike chemotherapy that attacks cancer directly, immunotherapy leverages a patient’s own immune system to help battle disease. Learn more about how immunotherapy helped a lung cancer patient restore...
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Lung Cancer Research Council hosts 4th annual SW Florida 5K Run/Walk Nov. 5
The Lung Cancer Research Council will host its fourth annual SW Florida 5K Run/Walk and Mile of Memories Memorial Walk on Nov. 5 at the Charlotte Sports Park, located at 2300 El Jobean Rd. in Port...
View ArticleGenentech’s cancer immunotherapy TECENTRIQTM (atezolizumab) helped people...
The latest news on Genentech’s immunotherapy molecule Tecentriq (atezolizumab) for NSCLC: Genetech’s Phase III Study, OAK, helped people with a specific type of lung cancer live significantly longer...
View ArticleTen Essential Facts about Lung Cancer
Did you know that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. but is the least funded? Reach more essential facts about lung cancer in this presentation and learn what you can to help...
View ArticleFDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation For Genentech’s Alecensa ®
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced on October 3, 2016 that it has received a second Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its...
View ArticleGenentech’s Tecentriq(R) (Atezolizumab) Shows Significant Survival Advantage...
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced data from the positive, pivotal Phase III OAK study of TECENTRIQ®(atezolizumab) at the European Society of Medical...
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