Hi @cindyjk, I like to tell people that 'anyone with lungs can get lung cancer'. It's difficult to overcome the stigma, no thanks to anti-smoking campaigns from the 80's and 90's.
The truth is that no one deserves to get any cancer, including lung cancer. It's difficult to not pit one cancer against another, but I do try to share statistics when I'm presented with the opportunity. From the American Cancer Society:
"Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer death in the US, accounting for about 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined."
Also, federal funding for lung cancer has traditionally been disproportionately low. Hopefully that is starting to change.
We need to keep telling our stories, and I will continue to refuse to wear pink in October. Keep up the good fight. Wishing you many years of good health.

I may have mentioned it before but it was announced on the news about two months ago… lung cancer is no longer referred to as a death sentence, this is attributed to early detection, most doctors are using scans and the cancer is detected sooner. It’s a very hopeful announcement especially for those of us who have been affected by this disease.

I'm confused, each of the 4 places I mentioned have lung cancer specific support groups. One of them has lung cancer meetings almost every day of the week. Do you mean Mayo Clinic specifically?