Support and understanding from someone who has already walked the lung cancer path can be essential to navigating a lung cancer diagnosis. Whether you are new to your diagnosis or have been navigating the disease for many years, you can find encouragement, share information, and give support by connecting with others affected by lung cancer.
Below, find free resources and services offered by LUNGevity that can connect you with other patients, survivors, and caregivers.
LUNGevity’s Lung Cancer Support Community (LCSC) is an online message board that provides support, information, and friendship from peers impacted by lung cancer. There, you can interact and connect with others affected by lung cancer and learn the latest lung cancer information.
Virtual Meetups are hosted on Zoom several times a week for patients, survivors, and caregivers to virtually connect face-to-face with others across the country. Join us for conversations about shared experiences, discussion about pressing topics in the community, and a new network of support.
Interested in a one-on-one connection? Our LifeLine Support program matches patients, survivors, or caregivers with a mentor who help you navigate a lung cancer diagnosis and journey. Mentors offer encouragement, advice, experience, and hope through personal connection via email or telephone.
LUNGevity hosts more than 15 private Facebook groups to connect with other lung cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers based on type of treatment, type of mutation, and stage of life. Join one or multiple of our groups to to ask questions, share your experience, and make connections. Check out our list of private Facebook groups to find the one that’s best for you.
LUNGevity's unique survivorship conferences are designed to inform, connect, and empower anyone who has been affected by lung cancer.
HOPE Summit takes place each spring in Washington, DC and brings hundreds of people affected by lung cancer together to build their community, give and get support, and learn how to live well with lung cancer.
The International Lung Cancer Survivorship Conference (ILCSC) is a virtual educational conference that takes place each summer and provides opportunities for attendees to hear from world-renowned researchers on the latest treatments, learn about ways to manage your lung cancer and treatment journey, and find hope in today’s scientific progress.
Be sure to check out our services to determine if one could help you!