LUNG FORCE Heroes
Why We Fight…
Our LUNG FORCE Heroes inspire, encourage and empower us to raise our voices for lung health. Read about their personal experiences with lung cancer, and become a LUNG FORCE Hero by sharing your story.
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Ashley B.
My grandfather Robert Corzine passed away from stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer on November 24, 2012. His diagnosis of...
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Julia M.
This story is about my sister Rita Moretti Scruggs who succumbed to metastatic non-small cell lung cancer on May 6, 2019....
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Eric P.
Lung Cancer: The silent killer. My story starts out much like many others, I happened on my diagnosis by chance. One day I...
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Marla P.
Mom was on vacation when everything started. They just kept saying it was a cold. After going back and forth to the...
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Shelia P.
My first tumor was in 2007. I had my lower right lobe removed.
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Randy H.
In January 2016 my best friend and partner told me he was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. Together we have over 50...
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