CAP Lung Cancer is very excited about our new program we are providing to lung cancer patients and their loved ones. The CAP Lung Cancer Medical Writers' Circle is intended to provide information to help patients and their loved ones make informed decisions about their health and to provide hope and compassion regardless of expected prognosis.

Each month, a new article will be posted on the CAP Internet site and will be sent out via e-blast to our constituents. The frequency of the posting will increase as the authorship grows.

Topics will include:

• Diagnosis and Staging
• THE DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING OF LUNG CANCER
  Tze-Ming Chen, MD, George Horng, MD, Kevin Knopf, MD, Stephen Bunker, MD, Jacqueline Duffy, RN, and Peter Anastassiou, MD
• SOME OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF LUNG CANCER PATIENTS WITH MORE THAN ONE TUMOR.
  Frederic W. Grannis Jr. M.D., Clinical Professor of Thoracic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center
• PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW LUNG CANCER STAGING SYSTEM
  Rodolfo E. Bordoni, MD
• Early Detection
• "COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN LUNG CANCER MANAGEMENT: TIME FOR CHANGE"-July, 2009
  Frederic W. Grannis Jr. M.D.
• "EARLY DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER"-June, 2009
  William C. “Bud” Pierce, MD, PhD
• Nonsmall Cell and Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment Surgery
• Chemotherapy Radiation
• Targeted Therapy
• Supportive Care
• LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS: THE ROLE OF THE PATIENT NAVIGATOR
  Brenda Wilcox, RN, BSN, OCN
• EMOTIONAL EFFECTS OF LUNG CANCER ON SURVIVORS AND THEIR SPOUSES"
  Cindy L. Carmack, Ph.D., Associate Professor, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
• "STACKED STIGMA IN THE LUNG CANCER EXPERIENCE"
  Annemarie Conlon, MBA, LCSW
• "TWICE BETRAYED: LIVING WITH LUNG CANCER AND DEALING WITH STIGMA"
  Susan Hedlund, MSW, LCSW
• Never Smokers and Lung Cancer
• "LUNG CANCER IN NEVER-SMOKERS"-May, 2009
  Heather Wakelee, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology Stanford, University Stanford Cancer Center
• Psychosocial Support
• Others as suggested by our oncology professionals
  • EML4-ALK: Newly Discovered Mutation Brings New Insights and New Potential Treatment-December, 2009
    Howard “Jack” West, MD
  • LUNG CANCER, AGAIN-August, 2009
    Janet Healy is the grant writer for an Indian tribe in Washington State. Ms. Healy worked for the Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, and Education (ALCASE), the first national lung cancer patient advocacy organization, from 1998 until its move to Washington, DC in 2004 and redefinition as the Lung Cancer Alliance.
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • FOCUS ON CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE-October, 2009
    Misha Ruth Cohen, OMD, L.Ac.

The Caring Ambassadors Lung Cancer Program provides CAP Lung Cancer Medical Writers' Circle to the lung cancer community as a primary means of fulfilling our mission of enhancing the information available to people affected by lung cancer.

Disclaimer:

The information provided in the CAP Lung Cancer Medical Writers’ Circle is not medical advice and is not intended to replace or supersede any information your doctor may have given you.

All health care decisions should be made with your doctor. No changes in your health care treatment, management, or medications should be undertaken without first discussing the safety and probable outcomes of such changes with your doctor.