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ALK+ Blog/News

  • 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 educational gaps within the medical community for biomarker testing to guide appropriate treatment for NSCLC. One of the main goals of our Advocacy efforts is…

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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 to connect with others who are battling lung cancer! It is a time for sharing, building relationships, and lifting each other up! Attendees have three…

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  • Getting Involved: utilizing skills of our members

    Our ALK Positive Outreach for Advocacy utilizes the skills of our members to accomplish 100% of our efforts! ALK Positive Lung Cancer Survivor, Bill Westlake, is actively engaged in our advocacy efforts and serves as Outreach Treasurer. We have discovered that Bill has hidden talents in design and we are putting those skills to great…

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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 lung cancer (NSCLC) is driven by the ALK transfusion. In the United States, approximately 11,000 people are diagnosed with ALK-positive NSCLC every year. There is…

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  • $600,000 Granted in the First-Ever Research Awards funded by ALK Positive Inc.

    read the full press release here ALK-positive lung cancer patients take matters into their own hands to fund research with the potential to save their lives Each of these two-year awards is for up to $200,000, with monies raised by ALK Positive and Lungevity. The three projects selected aim to understand how immunotherapy can be used…

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  • Expanding Our Reach

    ALK Positive held their first-ever ALK Positive Fun Summit in Louisville, Kentucky on July 27th and 28th. It was an amazing meeting of patients and caregivers! To see highlights from the Summit, please visit our Outreach page at https://www.facebook.com/alklungcancer. ALK Positive now has an Instagram account to leverage our presence, advocacy, and connectivity to the…

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