The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation

TUNE in to Emmy Award winning Cheryl Jennings, ABC7, KGO-TV, San Francisco, for the first-ever half hour segment on Lung Cancer in the Bay Area.

Cheryl takes an in-depth look at how big the problem of Lung Cancer is, affecting anyone at any age. Featuring the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI), with special guests Bonnie and Tony Addario, Drs. David Jablons, Thierry Jahan, David Larson and Stage IV survivor and world-renowned opera singer Zheng Cao. Click here to view. Please email us with your comments and feedback. Sit back and enjoy the show!

CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE AND WATCH A VIDEO Sunday, February 7, 2010 was a beautiful sunny day for nearly 1000 participants who came in support of Jill Costello. The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma’s first annual “JOG FOR JILL: A BREATH AWAY FROM THE CURE 5K” was an overwhelming success and possibly the largest gathering for Lung Cancer in history. A celebration and Superbowl party followed at Bear’s Lair.

Many thanks to all—especially Darby Anderson—for helping Jill make her dream come true to begin the END OF LUNG CANCER.

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Important Note: This web site page will stay up and active until May 7, 2010, to continue to make Jill Costello’s dream to END Lung Cancer come true, and raise much needed funding for Lung Cancer Research. New events will follow…Darby and Jill are already brainstorming a concert in Golden Gate Park this summer and maybe a walk around Wrigley Field in July with the CUBS… so stay tuned!

The best comedians in the San Francisco Bay Area have come together to raise money for the Bonnie J Addario Lung Cancer Foundation. With Host Maggie Newcomb and Andrew Norelli, Beth Schumann, Anthony Hill, Michael Slack and Adam McLaughlin it will be an amazing show. It is in the heart of San Francisco, next to Union Square, The San Francisco Comedy College 5th Floor 414 Mason St @ Geary Wednesday February 17, 8:00. Click Here to Purchase Tickets: $15.00-$50.00

The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation Third Annual ‘Addario Lectureship Award” Announced

Award to Recognize Luminaries in the Quest to Eradicate Lung Cancer

San Francisco, Jan 4, 2010/PRNewswire-USNewswire/–The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF) today announced the winner of the 2010 Addario Lectureship Award, which Read More

Research yields new agent for some drug-resistant non-small cell lung cancers

Pasi Antero Jänne, MD, PhD is a member of the Scientific Leadership Board of the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Insititute (ALCMI) and the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation Medical Advisory Board

December 23, 2009 BOSTON-The ability to make, test, and map the atomic structure of new
anti-cancer agents has enabled a team of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists to discover a compound capable of halting a common type of drug-resistant lung cancer. Read More

The Lung Cancer Living Room™ is for patients, survivors, families and friends!!!  Our hope is that during this time together, we will be able to share stories, talk through difficulties, give advice that only someone else who really knows can give, raise awareness and offer support. DOWNLOAD PDF. We will meet at our office in San Carlos the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 5:30-7:30pm and will provide drinks and light snacks. CLICK TO VIEW CHRISTINE’S TRIBUTE VIDEO. Read More

PLEASE VIEW THE ALCMI VIDEO. Thank you all for joining us at our fourth and SIMPLY THE BEST EVER DINNER GALA on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Two-time EMMY award winner and two-time Lung Cancer survivor Kathryn Joosten, star of Desperate Housewives and previously West Wing, opened the evening with many laughs by roasting, surprising and honoring emcee Cheryl Jennings, ABC7, with the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Award for Public Service for her courage in taking the cause of Lung Cancer under her wings and generating unprecedented and resounding awareness for BJALCF and all patients and families. “Let me get this straight,” said Kathryn, while stealing Cheryl’s mic, “You’ve got five EMMY’s and I’ve only got two…” Click here to view Cheryl’s series on Zheng Cao which aired the previous evening on ABC news.

The Fairmont Grand Ballroom was filled with guests from all over the world including BJALCF’s new Nebraska affiliate and mastermind creator of the viral WTF-WHERE’S THE FUNDING? for Lung Cancer campaign, Jennifer Stauss Windrum and her LC survivor mom, Leslie Lehrman. We are so happy to have this dynamic duo and their movement join our movement and find the funding. It’s coming. Please visit Jennifer’s campaign, buy WTF merchandise, and spread the word and watch the latest on Fox 42KPTM.com.      VIEW GALA PHOTOS HERE Read More

Join us on October 16, 2011 in Napa Valley to DRIVE LUNG CANCER OFF THE PLANET. The Silverado Porsche Race Car Classic is a benefit for the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program. To receive more information and updates, please contact Erin Simon. Always remember…there’s a mad belief that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE if you want it bad enough. Click on the image to hear the sounds of the end of Lung Cancer.

Click here to download the flyer.

ADDARIO LUNG CANCER MEDICAL INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING AND CLINICAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS WITH RESPONSE GENETICS, INC.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, July 31, 2009—The Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI) today announced the execution of a letter of intent (LOI) to collaborate with Response Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGDX) on molecular diagnostic testing and banking of advanced-stage Lung Cancer tissues.

Specific molecular features of tumors, including EGFR mutations, ras mutations, ERCC1, RRM1 or TS overexpression, have been shown in multiple studies to have prognostic importance and/or be associated with Read More

Listen to Selma Schimmel of the Group Room ® Radio as she facilitated a global Lung Cancer dialogue with Bonnie J. Addario, Giorgio Scagliotti, MD, University of Turino, and Ronald B. Natale, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center—a live broadcast from the IASLC 13th World Lung Conference in San Francisco, California. The broadcast included discussions on the stigma of Lung Cancer, the alarming increase in Lung Cancer with people who never smoked, unique mutations that may be responsible, molecular and bio-targeted drugs; facing the problem of Lung Cancer with past limited funding for research, and overcoming historical limitations with important and evolving initiatives including late-stage tissue banking and Community Hospital tissue collection through the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Insitute (ALCMI). Read More