Lung Cancer Foundation for Young Women

The foundation is a charity in the Run Houston! Clear Lake on May 21, 2023. Please go to the link below and donate to the foundation to help women fighting lung cancer. These women have a lifelong journey of uncertainty and the foundation is trying to help better their lives by providing lodging during treatments, paying for transportation costs to and from treatment centers, housekeeping, wigs and caps to boost their confidence, parking costs, meals, and special needs such as walker , wheelchairs, etc.

Run Houston! Clear Lake 5K & 10K The Run Houston! Clear Lake 5K & 10K is on Sunday May 21, 2023. It includes the following events: 5K, 5K - Untimed, 10K, Kid's 1K, Kid's 1K - Untimed, Virtual Race - 5K, Virtual Race - 10K, and Virtual Race - Kid's K.

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The foundation is a partner in the Minute Maid Park Half Marathon on March 26, 2023. Please go to the link below and donate to the foundation to help women fighting lung cancer. These women have a lifelong journey of uncertainty and the foundation is trying to help better their lives by providing lodging during treatments, paying for transportation costs to and from treatment centers, housekeeping, wigs and caps to boost their confidence, parking costs, meals, and special needs such as walker , wheelchairs, etc.
https://runsignup.com/Race/Donate/TX/Houston/RunHoustonMMP

Come support the foundation at the Cypress Half Marathon on Sunday, November 13, 2022 at Cypress Woods High School in Cypress, TX. We will have a tent set up so come by and visit and cheer on the runners!

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New medical breakthrough can spot 20 types of cancer with very low misdiagnosis rate In light of a new medical development in cancer detection, Fox News contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier said on Monday that so-called “liquid biopsies,” a blood test, are helping doctors accurately detect cancer.

Don't Wait!!! Get your raffle ticket NOW!
In conjunction with the Wicked Wine Run on Saturday, October 26, 2019, the foundation will be raffling off two baskets of wine goodies on the 26th consisting of:
A small basket valued at $100, $10 ticket = 1 chance
A large basket valued at $200, $20 ticket = 1 chance

The foundation will be participating in events which kick off at 3 pm, 5K at 5pm and a Wine walk at 6:30 pm with live music to follow.
You can donate through Pay Pal at "[email protected]" or send a check to the foundation @ PO Box 1679, Cypress, TX 77410 "Must be Received by Oct 25th or get your last minute tickets during the Wine Run @ Silverwood Country Retreat in Waller TX; www.wickedwinerun.com/locations/texas-houston
For more information, contact the foundation at 281 402-1292

New findings could lead to new therapies for NSCLC: "For the first time, we've found specific direct targets for LKB1 that prevent lung cancer and discovered—very unexpectedly—that inflammation plays a role in this tumor growth."
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Two therapeutic targets identified for deadly lung cancer The vast majority of deadly lung cancer cases (85 percent) are termed non-small-cell lung carcinomas (NSCLCs), which often contain a mutated gene called LKB1. Salk Institute researchers have now discovered precisely why inactive LKB1 results in cancer development. The surprising results, published i...