For Healthcare Professionals
Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) appreciates the nurses, social workers, patient navigators and other healthcare professionals who work directly with lung cancer patients and their loved ones each day.
Not only does LCA offer free up-to-date information on lung cancer and related resources to the lung cancer community, we are also a resource for healthcare professionals. If you have questions or would like to order materials, don’t hesitate to contact us at 1 (800) 298-2436 or contact our Manager of Community and Support Services, Miguel Vélez at mvelez@lungcanceralliance.org.
Learn more about LCA services and how they can help you by checking out our Lung Cancer Support Services: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know series:
Lung Cancer Educational Material
LungLoveLink online support community
Clinical Trial Matching Service
Lung Cancer Information
LCA sends out thousands of pieces of information about lung cancer and our services to patients, loved ones, hospitals and clinics each year. The hallmark of our offerings is the popular LungLoveLearn Series.
Lung Cancer: Risk, Screening and Symptoms – information about risk and screening for the general population
Lung Cancer: Understanding the Diagnosis – The first of the LungLoveLearn Series, a great brochure for the newly diagnosed with the basics about lung cancer
Understanding Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Guide for the Patient – a LungLoveLearn brochure that provides more in-depth information about NSCLC and treatment options
Understanding Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Guide for the Patient – a LungLoveLearn brochure with more in-depth information about SCLC and treatment options, including prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI)
Lung Cancer: Coping With Reactions to Your Diagnosis – the first ever brochure designed to help patients begin to understand and cope with the stigma associated with lung cancer
Phone Buddy Program – information about LCA’s peer-to-peer telephone support program
Lung Cancer Support Services – an easy way for patients and loved ones to learn what LCA has to offer
Lung Cancer Clinical Trial Matching Service — a great way for patients and loved ones to learn about clinical trials and the easy-to-use Lung Cancer Clinical Trial Matching Service
Frankly Speaking about Lung Cancer – LCA is proud to have collaborated on the lung cancer volume of the Cancer Support Community’s (CSC) highly respected Frankly Speaking series. LCA can send out 10 copies of the book. If you need more copies than that, please order from CSC at their website: http://www.thewellnesscommunity.org/fm/FSAC-Orders.aspx
Find a Lung Cancer Support Group
LCA lists all of the lung cancer specific support groups across the country. If you run a group that’s not listed, let us know! If you are interested in starting a lung cancer support group, we are happy to talk with you about what we’ve learned about successful ones and to put you in touch with facilitators who can help.
Learn about the Resources We Use
LCA fields thousands of calls a year from patients and loved ones looking for resources for all kinds of things, including support and financial issues. Do we know of resources you don’t? Click here to see our most-often used resources.