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Melina Marmarelis, MD, MSCE

Biomarkers in Lung Cancer: Unlocking the Future

What Does the Future Hold?
Sahil Patel

Inflammation!

When Defense Becomes Disease
Hildy Grossman, John Lamb, Taylor Kirkwood

The Power of Persistence: The Show Must Go On for Ziegfeld!

What does it take to build a musical—and turn personal tragedy into a mission?
Joan Schiller MD

Clearing The Air

The Crisis of Air Pollution and Lung Cancer

Facing the shock of lung cancer with special guests

Facing the Shock

Personal Stories of Youth, HER2, and Lung Cancer
Allison Chang and Lecia Sequist MD

In Me or Around Me?

Genetics vs. Environment in Lung Cancer

 Too Young for This? 

Facing Lung Cancer and Finding Our Voice

Harnessing The Arts To Upstage Lung Cancer 

Our story of advocacy, artistry, and action

What if We Could Outsmart Lung Cancer?

Could a vaccine change our future?
Jessica Lin, MD

The Scariest Words You’ll Hear: “It’s Spread”

Moving From Fear to Hope

The Air That I Breathe

How a silent killer invades our homes and our genes
Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang and Hildy Grossman

Cut It Out!

What To Know About Lung Cancer Surgery
Dusty Donaldson and Hildy Grossman

When You’re Handed Lemons, Make Lemonade!

From Lung Cancer Patient to Full Time Advocate
Jacy Dawn Valeras

When You Hit A Wall

Let Music Change Your Path
Meet the Upstage Lung Cancer PODCAST staff

Progress Brings Hope For Small Cell Lung Cancer

Voicing New Reasons for Optimism

All In The Family

Is Lung Cancer Inherited?
Marc Muskavitch

Living with ALK+: Diagnosis, Treatment, & Hope

A Biomarker Dialogue Between Patient and Scientist
Zachary Rogers PhD

The Riddle Of Drug Response

Why Does A Drug Work For One Person And Not Another?
James Hiter

Improvise Life!

Seize The Day While Living With Cancer

Beyond the Breast: Unraveling HER2 in Lung Cancer

What A Difference 20 Years Makes!
Terri Conneran

Kicking Cancer!  

From Diagnosis to Defiance: One Survivor’s Story

Dr Carl Gay & Dr Misty Shields

Size Matters!

Small Cell Neuroendocrine Tumors Pack A Mighty Wallop
Jaime Cheah and Jane Wilkinson

Everything Old Is New Again!

Imagine This: Repurposing Existing Drugs For New Uses

Geoffrey Oxnard, MD

Misunderstandings About Clinical Trials

Reflecting On Past Lessons to Future Innovations
Drs Elliott Brea and David Barbie, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)

Groundbreaking Treatments for Cancer

What’s New in Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer?

What No One Ever Told You

How To Support Lung Cancer Patients And Families 
Jacob Sands, MD

What’s Up Doc?

Current and Future Lung Cancer Care

Listening To The Patient’s Voice

We Are All Patients, Sometime
black-women-lung-cancer

Black Women At High Risk For Lung Cancer? 

It Takes A Village
Jacqueline Nixon

Radon: A Major Cause Of Lung Cancer – Take Action! 

Learn how to reduce your health risk
Narjust Flores, MD

Did You Know Lung Cancer’s A Women’s Disease?

What Women Need to Know About Lung Cancer
HER2 Podcast Participants

HER2 Biomarker Isn’t Just About Her

Not Just a Breast Biomarker!
Hilary Hammell, MD

Have You Heard Of Biomarker Testing?

If So, How To Get It When You Need It.
David Barbie

How in The World Does Our Immune System Work? Immunotherapy 101 for Lung Cancer

Immunotherapy is a cutting-edge treatment for lung cancer.

Raymond Osarogiagbon

Access to Healthcare in Rural and Black Communities

Understanding Common Barriers and Overcoming Hurdles
Andrea McKee

Changing Failing Grades for Lung Cancer Screening

Removing Barriers to Screening Can Save Lives
Radiation treatment and diagnosis

Radiation for Diagnosis and Treatment
What’s New for lung cancer?

Different uses of radiation can save lives, but can be scary
Gloria Zhang

Asian-Americans face disparities in lung cancer healthcare

Lung Cancer is the leading cause of death for Asian Americans
Kevin Salinis MD portrait

¿Está el doctor? Is the doctor in?

Barriers to Healthcare for the Hispanic Community
Susan Smedley

Wending Her Way to Wellness  

Improving the Emotional Impact of Lung Cancer
the importance of CT scans for early detection of lung cancer

The Power of Scans: Lung Cancer Screening Matters!

Lung Cancer detected early saves lives
Bill Shields

A Journalist Journals His Own Journey

TV reporter, Bill Shields’ Own Lung Cancer Story
Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera, PhD, recipient

Genetic Engineering and Lung Cancer

This isn’t science fiction
Co-Hosts Jordan Rich and Hildy Grossman (top) with Francisco guests Sanchez- Rivera and Jane Wilkinson

What did the Human Genome Project ever do for us?

Genetics of Lung Cancer Made Simple
Heather Smith, cancer survivor

She Refuses To Be Knocked Down!

One woman’s strategy for thriving with lung cancer
Jordan Rich with Cast-and-Music Director Tim Evans

Creativity at the Heart of Research and Music

Jordan and Hildy’s repartee

EXON 20 insertion mutations

What is Exon 20 in Lung Cancer?

Listen to caregivers for spouses diagnosed with rare biomarkers

Dann Wonser, EGFR survivor

From the Patient’s Eye View

How a positive attitude and biomarkers can guide your journey
Ivy Elkins and Jill Feldman at International association for the study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)

Biomarkers Benefit Lung Cancer Resisters

EGFR positive biomarker offers direction for dx and tx
small cell lung cancer

Small Cell: Big Problem

What’s new in detection, trials and treatment?
Sherlock Holmes silhouette

What if Sherlock Holmes Had Cancer?

Innovations in Detecting Lung Cancer
Diane Legg, Hildy Grossman, Linnea Olson

Clinical Trials and Tribulations

Conversation with Survivors/Advocates, Physician and Researcher

Look Who is Talking podcast

Look Who’s Talking

Survivors, Advocates, Performers & Scientists Talk Lung Cancer
John King gets a hug from Hildy Grossman

While the Theater was Dark

Facing Curve Balls in Times of Illness
Jill Feldman

This Podcast Could Save Your Life

What are biomarkers, and why are they important?
Corey Wood was diagnosed with lung cancer at age 22

Too Young to Get Lung Cancer?

Young people get lung cancer, too
Ron Della Chiesa, iconic Boston radio host

Celebrities: Ah yes, We Remember Them Well

Favorite performing artists who faced lung cancer

Christie Leonard

Pharma: Friend or Foe—Patient and Pharma Perspectives

Perceptions and Misperceptions about big pharma are questioned
Joyce Kulhawik, Candy O’Terry and Hildy Grossman

Finding Joy

Can you find joy, even in rough times?
Chris Draft and Hildy Grossman

Stigma, Schmigma

Why does lung cancer come with stigma?
Hildy Grossman and Jordan Rich, WBZ radio

Welcome to Backstage @ Upstage

Introducing Upstage Lung Cancer’s podcast

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CAUSE OF DEATH: Lung Cancer

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Actor, Director, Entrepreneur

Jan 26, 1925 - Sept 26, 2008
Suzanne Pleshette

Suzanne Pleshette

Film and Theatre Actress

Jan 31, 1937 - Jan 19, 2008
Donna Summer

Donna Summer

Singer, Songwriter
Queen of Disco

Dec 31, 1948 - May 17, 2012
Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney

Singer, Actress

May 23, 1928 - Jun 29, 2002
Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Comic Actor, Filmmaker, Producer

Oct 4, 1895 - Feb 1, 1966