A new statewide coalition is working to increase awareness, screening and prevention of lung cancer in Maine. We will learn about lung cancer: symptoms and treatment, as well as how stigma affects lung cancer patients.
Guests: Lance Boucher, Director of Public Policy, Maine & New Hampshire at American Lung Association
Dr. Gary Hochheiser, director of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Oncology and medical director for the Lung Screening Program at Maine Medical Center
Dr. Christian Thomas, practicing hematologist-oncologist and Director of Clinical Research at New England Cancer Specialists
Debra Violette, founder and president of Free ME from Lung Cancer, a national nonprofit organization based in Maine; she is a stage III lung cancer survivor--calling in
Dr. Akshu Balwan, director of interventional pulmonology at MaineGeneral Medical Center--calling in