NEW YORK LUNG CANCER ASSOCIATION

The rise in incidence of lung cancer called mesothelioma in New York State has led to adaptation of preventive and curative techniques in the city to battle the disease.

Lung Cancer Survivors in New York

The latest medical technologies and innovations, control programs and treatments have got a lot of people out of the vicious circle of lung cancer. While around 13000 new cases of lung cancer are discovered every year in US, more than 3000 survive from the tangles of the lethal disease. The number of lung cancer survivors is higher is cases of early detection. New York has a number of stories of lung cancer survivors covered in daily news.

Support Community for Lung Cancer Patients!

There is a well developed medical and support infrastructure to aid patients of lung cancer in US. Besides cancer centres, hospitals, medicare centres and lung cancer doctors, a number of heart and lung associations and organisations are coming up to the aid of lung cancer patients. Two most noted amongst them are:

• American Lung Association
• Lung Cancer Alliance

American Lung Association is a national level volunteer health organisation dedicated towards betterment of lung health and saving lives of people affected with lung diseases like lung cancer, tuberculosis, asthma etc. The American Lung Association of New York is situated in:

American Lung Association of New York State
Long Island Office
700 Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788

American Lung Association (ALA) has a number of programs and courses through which it promotes lung health, tobacco control etc. For instance ALA has started a popular smoking cessation program, called Freedom from Smoking (FFS), for helping people come out of smoking habit. ALA operations are supported by charity funding received from across the nation. Infect, ALA has been given highest rating amongst charity organisations by Charity Navigator.

Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) is another national charity run organisation in United States which is dedicated to the cause of reversing the decades of stigma and neglect by creating awareness about lung cancer, its risks, cure and prevention of disease amongst non-smokers. It also works on reformation and improvement of health policies. LCA is offers support groups and educational sessions to the patients for increasing awareness. There a number of support groups of Lung Cancer Alliance in New York as well. For more information on the New York based LCA support groups, ALA programs, please contact New York mesothelioma organization free of cost.