Steph Guest Blogs on Life and Breath: Living with Lung Cancer

Check it out here:

http://lifeandbreath.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/advocacy/

Lung Cancer in Women on the Rise

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704764404575287081156194368.html#dummy

"The hormone estrogen is a possible culprit. Certain forms of estrogen are known to help create genetic mutations in cells and contribute to tumor formation in the breast. Recently, researchers found out that lung cells in both women and men also make estrogen, raising the possibility that the hormone contributes to lung-cancer development."

"WTF" for LC Interview with Desperate Housewives' Kathryn Joosten

Friend and fellow Lung Cancer advocate, Jennifer Windrum, has started a new campaign. Below is an interview she did recently with Kathryn Joosten. Check out her other efforts below:

Blog: http://wtflungcancer.posterous.com/

Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=161802317682&ref=ts

Twitter: http://twitter.com/wtflungcancer

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/jenniferjwindrum

3 days left!

Team Haney is just 3 days away from our walk. We've reached 40% of our goal - a little over $8000! I am so proud of our team and want to thank everyone who has contributed or supported us in some way.

With every donation made, we are closer to finding a cure for the biggest cancer-killer!

Even if you are unable to contribute, please read on. Increasing awareness of this disease and its victims will help our cause as well.

Lung cancer kills more than 160,000 people annually in the US – more people than breast, prostate, and colon, liver, kidney and melanoma cancers combined. Lung cancer kills almost twice as many American women as breast cancer and more than three times as many men as prostate cancer annually. Despite this, research funding for lung cancer lags behind many other common cancers and common diseases, such that treatments for lung cancer patients - although slowly improving - are insufficient to meet the challenges of this deadly disease.

The survival rates for colon, breast and prostate cancer are now 67% 89% and 99% respectively. Lung cancer’s survival
rate is still only 15%.

More facts:
http://www.nationallungcancerpartnership.org/index.cfm?page=lung_cancer_facts_US
http://www.nationallungcancerpartnership.org/index.cfm?page=lung_cancer_info

http://participate.freetobreathe.org/goto/teamhaney

Free to Breathe Event Update - 16 days left - Please help us reach our goal!

We now have over 60 members on Team Haney! Since my last post, we've gone from 16% to 27% of our goal - but still need your help! Please take a moment to visit the following URL from the Lung Cancer Partnership and consider donating (even if its just a few dollars!) to our cause:

Did you know that lung cancer kills more than 160,000 people annually in the US – more people than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined? Get the facts:
http://www.nationallungcancerpartnership.org/index.cfm?page=lung_cancer_facts_US

If you are in the Bloomsburg area, check out the fundraisers we are holding locally: http://lungcancerawareness.blogspot.com/2009/09/free-to-breathe-event-update-38-days.html

To follow our progress or make a donation to the team or one of its members visit: http://participate.freetobreathe.org/goto/teamhaney

Free to Breathe Event Update - 29 days left - Please help us reach our goal!

We now have 40 members on Team Haney! Registration closes on 10/15, so if you'd like to join our team, please make sure to do so this week: http://participate.freetobreathe.org/goto/teamhaney

In less then 3 weeks we've nearly tripled our amount raised, but we still need your help! We're just 16% of the way to our goal. Please read the following note that Steph wrote recently and consider donating (even if its just a few dollars!) to our cause:

Remember that lung cancer is the leading cancer killer. It kills more people than breast, prostate, colon, liver, kidney and melanoma cancers…COMBINED! It kills almost twice as many women as breast cancer. And that amounts to about 440 people per day. Only 15% of lung cancer patients survive more than five years, with most of those having been early, and probably accidental, diagnoses. 2007 research spending per death for lung cancer, $1,414 (a decrease from 2005), and $23,754 for breast cancer (an increase from 2005).

If you are in the Bloomsburg area, check out the fundraisers we are holding locally: http://lungcancerawareness.blogspot.com/2009/09/free-to-breathe-event-update-38-days.html

To follow our progress or make a donation to the team or one of its members visit: http://participate.freetobreathe.org/goto/teamhaney

Free to Breathe Event Update - 38 days left and October fundraisers

Our team is up to 34 members!! We are at 9% of our fundraising goal with 38 days remaining until the walk on November 7th.

In the month of October, Team Haney is partnering with two restaurants in Bloomsburg to raise funds for the National Free to Breathe Walk. All you need to do is download a coupon via the URLs below, which you will present to your server while you dine on the designated date. Please pass these along to your family, friends and co-workers!

October 13th, 2009: Quaker Steak and Lube will donate 10% of your bill from 4pm until close
Download the coupon here: http://snipurl.com/quakersteakcoupon

October 22nd, 2009: Pizza Hut will donate 20% of your purchase from 11am-8pm
Download the coupon here: http://snipurl.com/pizzahutcoupon


To follow our progress or make a donation visit: http://participate.freetobreathe.org/goto/teamhaney