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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

Leslie Gore

Singer/Songwriter, Actress

May 2, 1946 - Feb 16, 2015

Betty Grable

Actress, Dancer, Singer, Pin-up Girl

Dec 18, 1906 - July 7, 1973

Linda Lavin

TV’s “Alice” and Tony Winner

Oct 15, 1937 - Dec 29, 2024

Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney

Singer, Actress

May 23, 1928 - Jun 29, 2002

Andy Kaufman

Performance Artist/Entertainer

Jan 17, 1949 - May 16, 1984