a breath away from the cure™ Eradicating Lung Cancer with our patients, survivors, and their families through research, early detection, awareness, education, prevention, and treatment.
Peninsula TV is an Emmy-Award winning programming resource and community information channel. Please tune in to 1 on 1 Episode 908 with Dani Gasparini—a ten minute segment featuring Bonnie, our story and HOPE. Thank you Dani, and Peninsula TV for making Lung Cancer Matter! www.penntv.tv
Make some Hockey Noise for Lung Cancer on April 2, 2010 Please join Christine Dwyer, Bonnie J. Addario’s East Coast Lung Cancer Killer, for Lung Cancer Awareness Night when the Springfield Falcons take down the Portland Pirates in an unprecedented battle to eradicate Lung Cancer on ice! Anyone who signs up will receive a discounted ticket for 10 dollars. (Regularly $17). To order your tickets, call 413.739.3344, ext. 118. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation. The game begins at 7:30pm EST. Location: 45 Falcons Way, Springfield, Massachusetts 01103. For more information, contact Christine Dwyer at christine@cancergrief.com or 413.281.1815. Make some noise for Lung Cancer Awareness!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read More
Groundbreaking Lung Cancer Vaccine Research Set to Start in Santa Barbara
by Ethan Stewart
No type of cancer kills more men and women each year than lung cancer, but, if all goes well with a clinical trial set to commence at the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara later this month, doctors around the world may soon have a potent new weapon in the war against the deadly disease. After more than 20 years of development, a lung cancer vaccine called Lucanix is slated to begin its Phase III clinical trials-the final step before seeking FDA approval-at some 60 research centers around the world. Even better, after achieving glowing results with virtually no negative side effects in earlier trials, hopes are running high for the groundbreaking treatment. Read More
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!
2010 WALK.RUN. Schedule (Check back for registration. Scroll down to see video, photos from past walk/runs) Read More
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
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