In January 2009, my 42 year-old sister Arielle Hart Cohen passed away after an 18 month battle with lung cancer. The diagnosis in July 2007 came as a shock to all of us as she had never smoked.
My sister left behind a loving husband, three children, and an extended family that loved her deeply. I am determined to do something to end this disease so that no other family has to suffer through this.
I made the decision to raise money to support lung cancer research. So that is what I will be doing this August when I ride my bike in the Pan Mass Challenge (PMC).
My close friend David Legg's wife Diane has lung cancer as well. Dave and I started Team LUNGSTRONG to focus our PMC raised donations towards lung cancer research. The money we raise, 100% of it, will go directly to the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center SPORE in Lung Cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Research Link: https://trp.cancer.gov/spores/abstracts/dfhcc_lung.htm
We are 60+ riders strong now and have sent over $5 Million through the PMC towards lung cancer research! Please help us fight lung cancer.
A Few Facts about Lung Cancer
- Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world, yet research to combat the disease is the most under-funded of all major cancer research. For example, for every breast cancer death, $32,000 is spent on breast cancer research. For every lung cancer death, only $1,800 is spent on lung cancer research.
- Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer among Caucasians, African-Americans, Asians and Hispanic males.
- About 50% of people with lung cancer never smoked or have long since stopped smoking.
- Over 50% of new lung cancer cases will be diagnosed at a very late stage-Stage IIIb or IV.
- This year, lung cancer will kill:
- Three times as many men as prostate cancer
- Twice as many women as breast cancer
- More people than:
- breast cancer
- prostate cancer
- colon cancer
- liver cancer
- kidney cancer and
- melanoma...combined
Please give generously if you can.
Donations are fully tax deductible. Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure. Please e-mail me if you have any questions.
Also, please feel free to forward this page on to anyone whom you think may be interested in helping advance lung cancer research and fight this deadly disease.
