What gives you hope?

[LUNGevityKristin]

In honor of May, Lung Cancer HOPE Month, we want to know why you are hopeful about the future of lung cancer. Tell us what gives you hope and you might be featured in an upcoming blog.

[Tom Galli]

"Hope is a good thing, and good things never die."*

I am hopeful because our society is moving beyond the idea that smoking cessation is the only necessary treatment method for my disease: lung cancer.

Hope is garnered from advances in immunotherapy treatments. These are rapidly becoming very effective measures for controlling and in some eliminating the scourge of lung cancer.

My hope grows when I learn that practitioners are willing to expand beyond the standard of care to treat those who suffer from lung cancer.

My future is hopeful learning that so many young research professionals are joining the fight to eradicate lung cancer.

I find hope belonging to the Lungevity Foundation that equally weights the importance of treatment research and sustaining and supporting lung cancer survivors.

Stay the course.

Tom

* The Shawshank Redemption