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- November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month 1 November 2024
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🤔 What do you know about lung cancer?
Every day, 16 Belgians die from lung cancer. The disease is often not diagnosed until it has metastasised, because often we don't think about having our lungs checked when we have symptoms. 🫁
The ‘Clear The Air’ campaign wants to change that. That’s why on Saturday 16 November, between 11.00 and 15.00, three-metre-high inflatable lungs will take over the entrance hall of Brussels-Central station. Will you come and take a look? 👀
🌐 Can’t wait to learn more about lung cancer? Check cleartheair.be!
#ClearTheAirOnLungCancer #LungCancerAwarenessMonth
Have you been diagnosed with lung cancer? Are you a person who is caring for someone with the disease?
We encourage you to join our private Facebook group
to connect with peers.
We organize regular meetings and share information.
Please also complete this anonymous survey, which aims to explore the level of information, knowledge and involvement in shared decision-making about treatment and care.
Complete the survey here
Please also complete this anonymous survey, which aims to explore the level of information, knowledge and involvement in shared decision-making about treatment and care.
Complete the survey here
THE NEW FACE OF LUNG CANCER
"ALK-positive" refers to an alteration in the ALK gene (from Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase) which results in an anarchic an uncontrolled multiplication of certain cells which causes a particular type of lung cancer.
Testimonials
I’m grateful for the five extra years I got to spend with my mother
Interview with Bruyère Zimmermann of ALK positive Belgium
Bruyère is 22 years old. This summer, she lost her mother Florence to ALK+, a rare form of lung cancer, after a five-year struggle. Though the loss is overwhelming, she also looks back with a sense of gratitude. “My mother wasn’t fighting against cancer; she was fighting for life. That’s why it feels like we gained five years.”
Paula
“On March 2018, I was diagnosed with lung cancer nsclc. After 1.5 years on immunotherapy, a biopsy revealed that I am ALK+. From then on, I have been taking TKIs and the cancer is stable.”
