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Founded in 2006 as North Carolinians Against Lung Cancer, the nonprofit organization became the first state chapter of the National Lung Cancer Partnership in 2008 and holds several events in North Carolina each year to support lung cancer research, awareness and change. Members include health care professionals, lung cancer survivors and advocates dedicated to decreasing deaths due to lung cancer and helping patients live longer and better.
November 20: Evening of Hope Wilmington
October 17: Free to Breathe® Boone
November 6: Free to Breathe® Raleigh
November 13: Free to Breathe® Greensboro
For more information about upcoming events and recent events, including the North Carolina Lung Cancer Advocacy Summit, please visit our Events Page.
• Free to Breathe® - Fundraising for lung cancer research and awareness
• Survivor Blogs - Lung cancer survivorsshare their stories
• Ask the Expert - Experts at GRACE answer your questions
• Marketplace - Merchandise to raise lung cancer awareness & benefit research
• E-Newsletters - Read North Carolina Lung Cancer Partnership e-newsletters
North Carolina News
• An online legacy of faith
• Researchers find sex-specific lung cancer genes
(Study conducted by Dr. Anil Potti & colleagues from Duke Durham)
• Walking for a cause
• North Carolina survivors and advocates come together to spread awareness & raise funds
• Fight of her life
• Susan C. Hicks foundation sponsoring run/walk for lung cancer research
• Remember the pearl ribbon
• Mother inspires lung cancer action
• Lung cancer doesn't just impact smokers
• Raise a glass to fight lung cancer
• This cancer sneaks in too often to kill
• Lung cancer doesn't just impact smokers
National News
• Partnership Vice President Comments on New Study Showing Women at Greater Risk of Lung Cancer
• Study Links Cigarette Changes to Rising Lung [Cancer] Risk
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Lessons Learned from my Mother's Experience
By: Kristen Gallagher
My mother, Karen Gallagher, was diagnosed with squamous cell lung cancer in spring 1995, and died in our home on Christmas Day 1996, the day after my ...
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Over the past year, Michael McKay has gotten involved with the North Carolina Lung Cancer Partnership with hopes to draw more attention and funding to lung cancer.
For Mike, the reason to get involved is personal. Last July, Mike lost the love of his life, Jill (pictured above with her daughter), to lung cancer at the age of 46.
Click here to read the McKay family's Story of Strength.
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