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!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can’t make it to the Game??? That’s okay…you can still support this event. Please CLICK HERE…become one in a million and make your donation in honor of Christine Dwyer. I am counting on you to help me make this event successful, so we can really make a splash in November! xoxo, Chris 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!

July 24, 2010 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS–CLICK TO REGISTER

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November 7, 2010 PHOENIX, ARIZONA–CLICK TO REGISTER

PAST 2010 WALK RUNS–DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THREE MONTHS FOLLOWING EACH EVENT.

June 19, 2010 CLEVELAND, OHIO–CLICK TO DONATE

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APRIL 24, 2010 GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA–CLICK TO DONATE

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

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

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