It’s better to know, and to know early. Don’t put off a conversation with your doctor if you’re concerned. We’ll help you start the conversation.
There’s community waiting for you at the Lung Health Foundation. We’ll help you find it.
It’s possible to live with lung cancer, not just “deal with it” — and with even more innovations will come even better outcomes.
One reason for this gap is that lung cancer doesn’t always come with obvious symptoms, making it tricky to spot in ourselves and our loved ones. However, this doesn’t mean that you should ignore changes in your health!
Not everyone experiences symptoms when they have lung cancer, but Joey did.
“Seeing my daughter grow up was something that I focused on.”
Clinical trials are changing lives.
“It’s not a death sentence anymore. There’s always hope. There’s so many treatments available.”
“If I could tell my newly diagnosed self one thing it would be ‘You might not believe it now, but in a few months you’ll be living the quality of life you always dreamed of.'”
The Loop is a vibrant community network created by and for people touched by lung conditions. Join (free!) to connect to resources, programs, and support all in one place.
Speak with a Certified Respiratory Educator who can provide psychosocial support, refer you to resources, or connect you to a peer support volunteer who’s been in your shoes.
Expand your knowledge with education sessions featuring experts in a variety of specialty areas — like fitness, nutrition and finances.
Get moving with our virtual exercise program designed for people living with lung disease. It offers a fun way to get active with a live instructor from the comfort of your home.
LHF is a no-stigma zone
Lung cancer stigma is rooted in the offensive and outdated belief that people with lung cancer “deserve it” due to their risk factors. But nobody “deserves” lung cancer.
If you are living with lung cancer, you are welcome in The Loop, our supportive community network. You belong. And we’ll never ask about your risk factors.
Hope is on the horizon in the form of more than a dozen new drugs in queue for review from Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA). To make sure that patient voices are always a part of the plan, LHF has joined forces with Lung Cancer Canada and Canadian Cancer Survivor Network to create a single, consolidated Patient Input Survey. This allows us to create joint patient input submissions to Canada’s Drug Agency.
Nobody deserves lung cancer, but blame-and-shame language runs rampant in many lung cancer conversations. For some reason, everyone wants to know whether a person living with lung cancer smoked prior to their diagnosis – as if that should affect how much one cares.
Let’s think outside the box, and maybe even outside the clinic! LHF is exploring the feasibility of filling gaps by bringing mobile lung cancer screening to Ontario.
Read our report and think about the barriers to screening, including geography!
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer overall, and the leading cause of lung cancer in Canadians who have had a limited tobacco smoking history or have never smoked. LHF is working to increase radon awareness and advocate for solutions.
Our work in lung cancer doesn’t end on November 30th. We urgently need your help to keep the momentum going all year long.
Make a Lung Cancer Awareness Month donation and help build a better tomorrow.
Did you know that lung cancer death rates have decreased by 3.8% annually since 2015 – the steepest decline ever recorded in Canada?
Lung cancer is a complex topic, with hundreds of solutions just waiting to be explored. If we’re going to create more lung cancer survivors, we need to work together!
The Lung Health Foundation would like to acknowledge our Lung Cancer Patient Advisory Committee. Through their lived experiences, this committee helps guide our lung cancer programming, advocates for a brighter future, and shares their stories to help others.
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