With lung cancer, it’s better to know, and to know early. We’ll help you start the conversation.
There’s an all-year-round community waiting for you at the Lung Health Foundation. Pull up a chair!
We have an evidence-backed checklist for improving lung cancer 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!
Margo gets screened for lung cancer every year. She lives with another serious lung condition – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
“I want to connect with others on this journey and show them that there’s light even in the darkest moments. As more of us live longer, the greater our connection and need to share our stories of hope.”
Not everyone experiences symptoms when they have lung cancer, but Joey did.
“Seeing my daughter grow up was something that I focused on.”
“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.
COMING SOON! 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.
Lung cancer stigma?
Not invited.
There’s a question people living with lung cancer hear far too often:
“Did you smoke?”
Smoking is one risk factor for lung cancer, but it is not the only one. People who have never smoked can develop lung cancer, too. Risk factors can include radon exposure, secondhand smoke, air pollution, occupational exposures, and other factors.
Yet lung cancer remains burdened by stigma, including the harmful belief that people somehow deserve their diagnosis because of their past behaviours or perceived risk factors.
Nobody deserves cancer, and everyone is welcome in The Loop, our supportive community network.
Lung cancer screening can help detect lung cancer early, when treatment options are more effective. Everyone deserves the opportunity to keep showing up for the moments that matter.
Share our Lung Cancer Risk Calculator with someone you love
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.
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.
Share your experience as a patient or caregiver
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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