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Tag: patient story

  • Patient Spotlight: Creating families after cancer

    Interviews with ALK Positive Members: Receiving a stage IV lung cancer diagnosis comes with a lot of decisions. If you are in your reproductive years (like many of our ALK-positive […]

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  • Living your best life with lung cancer, a personal story

    Taking Control of My Legacy By Erika Hlavacek On September 29, 2017, I was diagnosed with Stage IV ALK Positive NSCLC. I was a 42 year old mom, former airline […]

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  • Patient Spotlight: Courtney Bloodworth & Leslie Trahan

    EDITORS NOTE: Sadly, Courtney Bloodworth passed away on April 21, 2023. She was a young wife and mother of two little boys. Her impact on our ALK+ community lives on […]

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  • Patient Spotlight: Kirk Smith, Athens, GA

    Patient and lung cancer advocate Kirk Smith from Athens, GA talks to us about living (and thriving) with stage 4 lung cancer. Read on for an interview packed full of […]

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  • Case Study: successful re-use of Brigatinib after Lorlatinib

    Case study: Successful re-use of Brigatinib after Lorlatinib The patient in this case study was diagnosed with ALK-positive lung cancer in 2005 and had disease progression on several occasions.  Chemotherapy […]

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  • Care Partner Spotlight: Leslie Ardron

    Can you share a little about Vicky’s story and her path so far? Vicky was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in July 2017 at the age of 30. It […]

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  • Patient Spotlight: Bill Schuette

    Can you share a little about your journey with lung cancer?    In 2007, at age 59, I found myself sitting in a hospital cubicle at Cleveland Clinic with my […]

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  • Lessons Learned

    Cancer can rock your world at any age, especially if the one diagnosed is a spouse or close family member. While new targeted therapies have brought the hope of a […]

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  • How to support a loved one diagnosed with cancer

    Few things in life are as devastating as a cancer diagnosis and many who are subjected to such a difficult experience go through a range of emotions as the things […]

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  • Patient Spotlight: Jodi Garst Parker

    EDITORS NOTE: Sadly, Jodi Garst Parker passed away on May 8, 2021. She was a wife, mother, stepmother and grandmother.  Jodi was a nurse, and she used that knowledge to […]

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  • Patient and Care Partner Spotlight: Living with hope

    Living with hope means different things to different people. Hope can come from any source and can take any form. Improved longevity and quality of life always seem to take […]

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  • “Whatever you do, don’t Google it”

    “Through sickness and in health” By Kevin & Meredith Minor (Click to Follow Their Cancer Journey Blog) Kevin and I got married February 16, 2019 in a beautiful Southern wedding. […]

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