About Lung Cancer: Sentimental Thoughts, Stigma, and Survival

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Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Symptoms / Diagnosis Coping Treatment From Lynne Eldridge MD, your Guide to Lung Cancer  I have 2 sons who think their mom has leaky tear ducts tonight.  It began on Thursday night when I took them to see Phantom on the Opera on Broadway, before meeting with my fellow expert writers and staff in Times Square, and continued tonight as we passed by the Statue of Liberty on a sunset cruise.  But those tears weren't sentimental thoughts.  They had everything to do with those with lung cancer who I care so much about.  More about those tears below... Best wishes until next week, Dr. Lynne The Saddening Stigma of a Lung Cancer Diagnosis  Okay.  The answer to my tears at Phantom was due to this.  I made a quick jump from "the phantom" experiencing rejection due to his facial disfigurement, to those with lung cancer who are often treated differently from those with, say, breast cancer.  As if the disease is in some way "dirty" or at least self-inflicted by smoking.  Thankfully my children are old enough to know that those tears will persist at times like this until the stigma of lung cancer is erased, and are okay with that. Search Related Topics:  lung cancer stigma  coping with lung cancer  family support Genetic Testing/Molecular Profiling in Lung Cancer  My tears as we listened to God Bless America while circumnavigating the Statue of Liberty tonight were of a different nature.  They were tears of joy and relief that in the United States, for at least some people with lung cancer, we are now making significant progress in the understanding of acquired genetic mutations associated with lung cancer, and subsequent treatments that can now tackle those abnormalities specifically. Search Related Topics:  molecular profiling  egfr  alk BAC - Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma  You may have heard that lung cancer is decreasing in the United States - and that's true for men.  But did know that one type of lung cancer -- one that is more common in women who have never smoked - is increasing? Search Related Topics:  bac  lung cancer types  targeted therapy Related Searches Breast Cancer Cure What Is Lung Cancer Stage 4 Colon Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Cervical Cancer Featured Articles   More from About.com Sign-up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Please sign up it's free (of course), we think you will like it! Want More From About.com Check out our social page tailored to your interest! This newsletter is written by: Lynne Eldridge MD Lung Cancer Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Lung Cancer newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Must Reads What is Lung Cancer? Symptoms of Lung Cancer Diagnosis of Lung Cancer Treatment of Lung Cancer Preventing Lung Cancer   Follow me on: Advertisement