A packed Spring edition of ‘UNiTY’ leads with an update on our new database bringing together groups and organisations dedicated to supporting people whose lung cancer is driven by specific – and targetable – biomarkers. As ever, the latest issue of our newsletter was edited by Linda Dornan of the GLCC Secretariat team. Patient Experience […]
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Mobile Lung Scans Detect More Than 10,000 Cancers Across England
Shared from the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation website: More than 10,000 lung cancers have now been detected through the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme, with mobile scanning units based in supermarket car parks, sports stadiums and busy high streets helping thousands of people access potentially life-saving checks closer to home. New NHS figures show 10,678 […]
Latest issue of CancerCare’s E-News now available online
Latest issue of E-News now available from CancerCare
Our colleagues at CancerCare in the USA have published the latest edition of their online newsletter, dated May 2025. They lead with a feature on their ‘Cancer Out Loud’ podcast, which brings ‘stories of help and hope’. There’s coverage of their National Gala event, and how it benefits so many people, and how the Washington […]
Lung Cancer Policy Network report outlines the crucial role of patient navigators in the delivery of lung cancer care
Our colleagues at the Lung Cancer Policy Network have published a new report detailing the importance of establishing high-quality patient navigation for lung cancer – the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The report, Patient navigation for lung cancer: an essential component of care, draws insights from Network members and 14 expert interviewees, as well as on the […]
National lung cancer screening programme launched in Australia
1st July 2025 – a momentous date in lung cancer care for Australia. The national lung cancer screening programme is now live! And our colleagues at Lung Foundation Australia have made a major contribution to making it happen. From their website: National Lung Cancer Screening Program Compared to most cancers, the survival rate of people […]
Thai Cancer Society becomes our latest member
15 July 2025 – From the Thai Cancer Network website: The Cancer Network Foundation is a legal entity and a public interest organization. The Cancer Network Foundation was established on March 26, 2020 and developed from the Thai Cancer Friends Club, which was established in 2016 as a volunteer organization that was developed from the […]
JTO turns focus on lung cancer care in Norway
In the July 2025 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology features an editorial: Lung Cancer in Norway, the latest in the magazine’s series, ‘Lung Cancer Worldwide’. Editorial: Lung Cancer Worldwide Volume 20, Issue 7 p839-846 July 2025 View the paper here: https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(25)00651-3/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email From the Epidemiology section: The age-standardized incidence rate (ASR) of cancer in Norway […]
CancerCare moves to new headquarters
CancerCare moves to new headquarters
One of our member organisations in the USA, CancerCare, has relocated to new premises. Their August newsletter is out now. You can view it here. Key stories include: A recent episode of our podcast Cancer Out Loud was joined by Neema Philippe, a young adult cancer survivor, where she discussed the shock of her diagnosis, the […]