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  • Patient Spotlight: Milestones after a stage IV diagnosis

    Featured: In this newsletter, we are celebrating milestones. A cancer diagnosis (even at stage IV), while devastating, can often open up new doors and lead patients to a new calling

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  • Fundraiser Spotlight Series

    EDITOR’S NOTE: Starting with this newsletter, we are launching a new “Fundraiser Spotlight Series”, featuring some of our top fundraisers in recent years. The idea is for members to get

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  • Patient Spotlight: Vangie Lim, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

    We interviewed member and fellow ALK patient, Vangie Lim, about her journey with lung cancer and her experience participating in a unique clinical trial that is currently only open in

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  • Patient Spotlight: Hanka Mosher, British Columbia, Canada

    Many ALK Positive members know Hanka Mosher through her Zoom yoga classes on ALKtALK. Did you know that Hanka is also an avid skier and passionate about health and wellness

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    Staying active as a lung cancer patient

    What can ALKies do to stay active and improve their fitness? Read on for advice for every fitness level. Recommending regular physical activity has always been part of a doctor’s

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  • Cancer and Exercise: The results you’ve been looking for

    New year, new exercise regimen to lose weight and feel better. That’s everyone’s New Year’s resolution. But you just can’t see that happening this year.  You want to forget about

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  • The real reason you’re struggling with holiday depression

    Holly jolly parties, eggnog, gingerbread cookies, joyous Christmas carols, and family celebrations.  All signs of the holiday season.  A time of giving, joy, and vitality.   The happiest time of

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    ALK-positive clinical trials & interview with multi-clinical ALK trial participant, Hazel Senz

    Member Hazel Senz from Golden, CO shares her experiences from participating in multiple ALK clinical trials and how they have affected the course of her disease. Hazel Senz has been

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  • Juggling a young family while dealing with a cancer diagnosis

    When someone receives a cancer diagnosis, the entire family is affected.  In this quick review, we highlight several aspects of juggling a family while dealing with a cancer diagnosis.  

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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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  • 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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