What I Wish Everyone Knew About Lung Cancer

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us What I Wish Everyone Knew About Lung Cancer  There is so much information about lung cancer I'd love to share with every single person I meet.  Yes, lung cancer occurs in never smokers - in fact, lung cancer in young, never smoking women is increasing.  At the same time, even if someone has smoked for 50 years they don't deserve lung cancer.  Contrary to common public thought, more women die from lung cancer than breast cancer.  But more importantly, progress is finally being made in treatment, and there are long-term survivors of lung cancer, even stage 4 lung cancer. Best wishes until next week, Dr. Lynne Lynne Eldridge MD Lung Cancer Expert What I Wish Everyone Knew About Lung Cancer  It's important to let every single person with lung cancer know that progress is being made, and there are long-term survivors of the disease.  Read more READ NOW Share Who Should Be Tested for Gene Mutations With Lung Cancer ? I can't share this article enough.  It's now thought that everyone who has lung adenocarcinoma (50% of non-small cell lung cancers) and everyone who is a nonsmoker regardless of cancer type, should have gene profiling done on their tumor.  Sadly, many people who could be tested - and for whom one of the newer targeted therapies could make a difference - are not being tested.  Read more  READ NOW Share How to Donate Hair to Help People with Cancer If you have a loved one living with cancer and wonder how you can help others even with limited finances, donating hair is one option.  I'm personally growing my hair long donate it, mostly because I'm so thrilled to have long hair after being bald from chemo.  You can have your hair cut anywhere, but there are a few requirements worth checking out before pulling out the scissors.  Read more READ NOW Share Why Cancer Treatment May Raise Your Risk of a Sunburn  Both chemotherapy and radiation therapy may raise your risk of a serious sunburn.  Yet, getting a little vitamin D (from absorbing those rays from the sun) is linked with improved survival for some people with lung cancer.  Check out these tips for finding that balance this summer.  Read more READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • 15 Foods That Are Surprisingly High in Sodium • How to Look Thinner Instantly Without Diet or Exercise • 5 Ways to Make Safe Sex Hotter Sex • 5 Facts You Should Know About COPD • Nerve Stimulation to Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain • How to Sleep Comfortably With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome • What Is Impulsive Behavior in Borderline Personality Disorder? • 5 Simple Ways to Lose Weight at Work Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Lung Cancer newsletter. If you wish to 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. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved