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Category: ALK Positive News

  • $500,000 Research grant to combat cancer treatment resistance

    SAN CARLOS, Calif. and WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ALK Positive (a patient-led group of 1,900+ lung cancer patients and caregivers in 50+ countries) and GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (a global lung cancer advocacy and education organization) […]

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  • LUNGevity and ALK Positive Inc. partner to fund $1 Million in Lung Cancer Research Awards

    LUNGevity and the ALK Positive Group Partner to Fund $1 Million in Lung Cancer Research Awards Collaboration for patient-driven research that has lifesaving potential FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:  Linda […]

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  • A year-end message to our members and donors

    December 17, 2018 Dear Friends, We wish you the warmest of holiday greetings and hope this letter finds you and your family well. Thanks to you, ALK Positive was able […]

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  • New collaborative partnership with Biden Cancer Initiative

    ALK Positive is excited to join the Biden Cancer Initiative through our partnership with the new Oncogene Collaborative Initiative (OCI), a Biden project, in which patient driven advocacy groups from […]

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  • 2019 ALK Positive Summit- Atlanta, GA

    WE ARE NOT YOUR NORMAL STAGE 4 LUNG CANCER PATIENTS 200 ALK Positive Lung Cancer Patients Visit Atlanta On August 2nd, 2019 over 200 lung cancer survivors and advocates will […]

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  • Free Second Opinion Program gives patients worldwide expert access

    ALK POSITIVE SECOND OPINION PROGRAM Designed to Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Anxiety This unique program was conceived by our generous ALK Positive member, Jim Peard. Jim was deeply concerned […]

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  • What’s Trending? Posts you don’t want to miss (July 2019)

    On any given day, we have dozens of posts on our ALK Positive Facebook Group. It’s likely that someone has posted content or questions on a topic that you’re interested […]

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  • July 2019 Lung Cancer Research Updates

    We are in a golden age of lung cancer research, but it can be hard to keep up with all the findings.  Our ALK Positive newsletter volunteers have put together […]

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  • ALK Positive Inc. partners with GO2 Foundation for groundbreaking ALK Research

    We are excited to partner with the new GO2 Organization. With this new powerhouse partner, we will fund more research, lower our overhead costs, and provide more treatment for this […]

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  • An important message from Gary Reedy, CEO of Amerian Cancer Society

    In the past year our ALK Positive Outreach Committee chose to partner with American Cancer Society and the National Lung Cancer Roundtable on our Biden Cancer Initiative Commitment to address […]

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  • ALK Positive goes to Washington, DC for the LUNGevity Survivor Summit

    Last week many of our ALK Positive family met face to face in Washington DC at the LUNGevity Survivor Summit, formerly called the Hope Summit! The summit is a time […]

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  • ALK in the house- IASLC Targeted Therapies Poster Presentation

    TITLE:  The role of the ALK Positive community in improving outcomes for ALK-positive patients AUTHOR: Dr. Colin Barton DDS Background: Approximately four (4) to seven (7) percent of non-small cell […]

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