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The Group Room

Live Sundays · 1-3pm PT · 4-6pm ET


The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
presents the


13th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC)


This Sunday, The Group Room will broadcast live from the WCLC, the most important biannual lung cancer meeting in the world.   Founded in 1972, IASLC is an international organization of 2,000 lung cancer specialists, spanning 53 countries.  Its members work towards developing and promoting the study of etiology, epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and all other aspects of lung cancer.  The Group Room will cover meeting highlights with leading medical experts, and report on some of the major advances in the areas of early detection and prevention, targeted therapies, and multi-modality treatments.  Lung cancer advocates attending WCLC will have the opportunity to weigh in on the discussion, and so can you at at 1-800-GRP-ROOM and by e-mail at info@vitaloptions.org.

Join host Selma R. Schimmel, CEO & Founder of Vital Options International, along with Bonnie J. Addario, Founder & Chair of the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, in a discussion with special guests:

Hour One
 
Giorgio V. Scagliotti, M.D., Ph.D.
Head, Thoracic Oncology Unit, Department of Clinical & Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Ronald B. Natale, M.D.
Attending Physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Outpatient Cancer Center at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Director of the National Lung Cancer Research Program and Senior Research Advisor for the Solid Tumor Program for Aptium Oncology, Los Angeles, CA

Hour Two
 
Peter G. Harper, M.D., FRCP
Consultant Physician and Medical Oncologist, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
 
Jonathan W. Goldman, M.D.
Head of Premiere Oncology Thoracic Malignancy Division of Phase I and II Oncology Research, Santa Monica, CA



This special broadcast is made possible with support from EMD Serono, Genentech BioOncology and Lilly Oncology.






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Check out this week's Advocacy in Action® organizations:

USA

Lung Cancer Alliance · www.lungcanceralliance.org
Bonnie J. Addario Lung Lung Cancer Foundation · www.lungcancerfoundation.org
National Lung Cancer Partnership · www.nationallungcancerpartnership.org
Uniting Against Lung Cancer! (formerly Joan's Legacy) · www.joanslegacy.org

Europe

Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) · www.lungcancercoalition.org
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation · www.roycastle.org
Women Against Lung Cancer in Europe (WALCE) · www.womenagainstlungcancer.eu

 

Got a question for one of our guests or have a story of your own to tell?  Click here or e-mail us at info@vitaloptions.org

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Next week:
Healing After Cancer Treatment

Sunday, August 9


 
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CancerTalk bookCancer Talk: Voices of Hope and Endurance from The Group Room, the World's Largest Cancer Support Group
by Selma R. Schimmel
with Barry Fox, Ph.D.
Published by Broadway Books, a division of Random House


Cancer Talk, based on The Group Room - the nation's only talk-radio cancer support show - brings hope, information and inspiration to everyone affected by cancer. Show host Selma Schimmel, a cancer advocate and longtime survivor, has gathered the voices of cancer patients and survivors, family and friends, physicians, therapists and other healthcare professionals to create an invaluable guide to help you:
  • Deal with the wide range of emotions a cancer diagnosis provokes
  • Cope with relationships, intimacy and physical changes
  • Optimize the doctor-patient relationship and navigate treatment options
  • Handle the side effects of treatment
  • Understand legal, workplace and insurance issues
  • Live with and beyond cancer
Anyone whose life has been touched by cancer will find new support from the intimate and empowering voices of the only real experts out there--the people who live with cancer.

Cancer Talk is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Random House. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit Vital Options International programs.
Everything Changes
The Insider's Guide to Cancer in Your 20s and 30s
by Kairol Rosenthal

Everything ChangesOn a shoe-string budget and with tape recorder in hand, Kairol Rosenthal emerged from treatment and hit the road in search of other twenty- and thirty-something cancer survivors. From the Big Apple to the Bible Belt, she dusts the sugar coating off of the young adult cancer experience, exposing the gritty and compelling stories of twenty-five complete strangers.

The men and women in Everything Changes confess their most vulnerable moments, revealing cancer experiences they never told anyone else - what they thought about at night before going to bed, what they wish they could tell their lovers but were too afraid to. With irreverent flare and practical wisdom, Everything Changes includes stories, how-to resources, and expert advice on must-know issues.

Everything Changes is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and wherever books are sold.

Check out Kairol's blog!

Everything Changes



Hope Begins in the DarkGet Your Free Copy Today!

Hope Begins in the Dark by Jamie Reno

Jamie Reno, Award-winning Newsweek journalist and lymphoma survivor, has written Hope Begins in the Dark, a collection of 50 compelling lymphoma survivors' stories. Featuring inspiring personal accounts from a wide range of lymphoma patients including former professional baseball player Andres Galarraga, comedian Robert Schimmel, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Hope Begins in the Dark stresses the importance of self advocacy during treatment.

The publication of this book was made possible through the partnership with Vital Options International, and an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

If you would like a complimentary copy of this book courtesy of Vital Options International and GlaxoSmithKline, please click here or visit www.vitaloptions.org.

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