Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

I recall clearly — like it was yesterday — the moment when my oncologist told me that my lung cancer had responded to treatment. I couldn’t have asked for better news.   It was a far cry from the prognosis I was given when I was unexpectedly diagnosed with unresectable (inoperable) Stage III non-small cell lung [...]

It started as a way to impress the pretty girl next door. Austin Atteberry, a singer-songwriter from Chicago, had just moved to Nashville a few years earlier, when his new neighbor Sara, a Child Life Specialist, mentioned there was a volunteer opportunity at the local children’s hospital she worked at. It didn’t take much convincing [...]

An estimated 235,760 adults will get diagnosed with lung cancer this year, and behind many of these scary diagnoses, a wife, husband, child, parent, or friend is thrust into the role of caregiver. For Michelle Underwood, it was easier to see the line between “wife” and “caregiver” in the early stages of her husband’s non-small cell lung cancer [...]

An estimated 235,760 adults will get diagnosed with lung cancer this year, and behind many of these scary diagnoses, a wife, husband, child, parent, or friend is thrust into the role of caregiver. For Michelle Underwood, it was easier to see the line between “wife” and “caregiver” in the early stages of her husband’s non-small cell lung cancer [...]