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I have worked here
at Roy Castle Lung What’s
Cancer Foundation
for over 20 years
and I can honestly inside?
say that never has
there been so much
positivity around
lung cancer. Bill Simpson:

That sounds like a 3 The man who got scanned
strange thing to say about such an awful “If they fi nd it, you can be fi xed.”
disease but it really does feel like we are
on the cusp of a major breakthrough.

We have seen fi rst-hand the impact lung
health checks are having on early 10
diagnosis.
Adam
On page 3, you’ll meet Bill, whose life was
saved through our own lung health check Simmonds:
in Nottingham. And we hope that very Food with
soon these programmes will be rolled thought
out across the UK, something for which 26
we have been vigorously campaigning, to Great British Menu
ensure more people are given the best fi nalist shares his Nurses Rule, ok!
chance to beat lung cancer. dad’s favourite dish.
Why your lung cancer nurse

Whatever your diagnosis, we will be here specialist is one of your most
through it all. Over the last year, we’ve 18 vital allies.
also seen many more treatments become
available for lung cancer. Targeted
therapies and immunotherapies are Take a
helping people like Jackie (page 20) live Second
longer and live well with late-stage lung
cancer. Look
How rebiopsying
Lung cancer still doesn’t get the level of could open up new
attention or the proportional amount treatment options.
of funding it deserves. But at Roy Castle
Lung Cancer Foundation, lung cancer
has our full attention. Everything we do
is to create a better outlook for those 30
affected. We are the only UK lung cancer 20 New Treatments:
charity and we are in your corner. What does this mean for you?
Remembering
Dave Stringer
22 Mick Duck: Seeing the world... and
Oldham Athletic.
Paula Chadwick “A car crash saved my life.”
Chief Executive
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

This magazine is written by patients and supporters to help those affected by lung cancer.

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