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25th October 2005
Lung Cancer Month 2005 - Living on with Lung Cancer
The past 12 month has seen important advances in lung cancer from the early stages to treatment of patients with advanced lung cancer. These advances are probably greater in 12 months than has been achieved in the previous 25 years. Although each of these steps is a small one, they apply across the spectrum of lung cancer and these improvements will see many
patients living longer and healthier lives.
29th October 2004
Today, leading patient groups from around the world call for global support in the fight against one of the world's biggest killers - lung cancer. Members of the Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) unite once again, for the fourth International Lung Cancer Awareness Month, to highlight the inadequacies in funding for lung cancer and lack of access to optimal care and treatments.
October 2004
There are many ways in which lung cancer can be diagnosed. Signs and symptoms may appear suddenly or gradually build up.
October 2004
Created in 2001, the Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) is an international group of patient organisations dedicated to supporting the needs of lung cancer patients. The GLCC is also the first truly international patient alliance to promote global understanding of the burden of lung cancer and the rights of patients to effective early detection, better treatment and supportive care. By serving as the international voice of lung cancer patients, the GLCC is committed to improving disease outcomes for all.
October 2004
Lung cancer is a term used to describe a growth of abnormal cells inside the lung. These cells divide and grow at a much quicker rate than normal cells. The cancerous cells stick together to form a cluster and this abnormal cluster of cells is called a tumour. If the cancer cells first started growing in the lungs, the tumour is called a primary lung tumour. However, if the lung cancer cells break off and travel through the blood vessels they may latch on to and start to grow in other parts of the body e.g. the bones. This new cancer growth is called a metastasis or secondary tumour.
1st November 2003
Today marks the first day of the third, international, Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is a major global public health problem and is the biggest cancer killer in the world, claiming more lives than breast, prostate or colon cancer combined, yet it is frequently viewed as the 'poor relation', with fewer treatment options and less funding than many other common cancers.
13th August 2003
Lung cancer specialists from around the world are warning that lung cancer receives less funding than other common cancers - despite being the number one cause of cancer deaths in most countries - in a survey carried out at the 10th World Congress on Lung Cancer (10-14 August, Vancouver, Canada).
11th August 2003
Organisers of the 10th World Congress on Lung Cancer have taken the unprecedented step of inviting representatives from lung cancer patient organisations around the globe to speak out to an expected 3,000 international lung cancer experts attending the congress this week about the many issues facing lung cancer patients today.
21st October 2002
Patient education, the creation of a strong patient voice and working together with professionals is a positive way forward to ensure all cancer patients in Europe receive equal and best practice care. The Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) is therefore delighted that the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) has become more patient-focused. For the first time at one of the Society's prestigious meetings, a whole day was dedicated to general public and patient education on critical aspects of cancer research and care.
7th October 2002
Coinciding with this month's Europe Against Cancer campaign, which this year focuses on the issue of patient rights, the Global Lung Cancer Coalition today launched a new charter championing the rights of lung cancer victims across the world. The charter sets out to improve access to the best care and treatment available, outlining the minimum standards lung cancer patients have the right to expect in the treatment of this devastating disease.
8th November 2001
Persistent coughing, chest pain, coughing up blood, shortness of breath, chronic fatigue and repeated pneumonia are just some of the debilitating symptoms which lung cancer inflicts upon its victims. From their initial diagnosis, these people have on average less than 12 months to live and only fifteen in every hundred will survive longer than five years.
10th October 2001
The new Global Lung Cancer Coalition today pledged its support for the 2001 Europe Against Cancer campaign which this year targets “Women and Tobacco”. The main aims of this EU initiative is to motivate women who smoke to quit, and to encourage women — particularly in the 20-35 age range — to avoid passive smoking for themselves and their children.
24th September 2001
An International campaign to improve standards of care and treatment for those fighting lung cancer was launched today by the world's first international coalition of lung cancer patient organisations. Lung cancer kills more people each year than breast and prostate cancer put together, yet investment into research for new treatments to combat this devastating disease has fallen behind, leaving patients with few treatment options.
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