Resources

LUNGevity's Lung Cancer Clinical Trials Matching Service

This service offers a free, confidential, personalized process that helps you understand which lung cancer clinical trials may be an option for you. Learn more here.

Personalized Medicine Information

Cancer: It's Personal
Pfizer Oncology has a launched a website that provides the cancer community with resources to have more informed conversations about personalized medicine and biomarker testing.

My Cancer Genome
Learn what therapies may be effective against specific mutations, and what clinical trials are available that target specific mutations

Additional Clinical Trials Information

Participating in clinical trials is one of the best ways for lung cancer patients to contribute to their own health and the health of others. Please visit the following sites for more detailed information about how clinical trials work and how you can get involved directly with life-saving lung cancer research.

ClinicalTrials.gov
This site contains a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.

CenterWatch
As a pioneer in publishing clinical trials information, CenterWatch was the first Internet site to publish detailed information about active clinical trials that could be accessed by patients and their advocates. Today, they have one of the largest databases of clinical trials actively seeking patients on the Internet.

National Cancer Institute 

The National Cancer Institute, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, conducts cutting-edge cancer research in the laboratory and in clinical trials. Visit their website for up-to-date information on lung cancer treatments and current opportunities to participate in clinical trials.

Lung Cancer Research

Every day new research is emerging in the field of lung cancer. Stay on top of the latest findings by visiting these sites:

Elsevier Health Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer aims to provide individuals or organizations with the most recent information on lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies. This journal publishes full-length articles of original research on clinical and basic aspects of lung cancer (prevention, epidemiology and etiology, basic biology, pathology, clinical assessment, surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, combined treatment modalities, other treatment modalities). Short communications, technical notes and reviews may also be published.

Science Daily
Get daily updates on the latest research surrounding lung cancer treatment, diagnoses and causes.

Medical News Today
The latest Lung Cancer News articles published daily. Includes news on mesothelioma, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), research, treatments and symptoms. RSS feeds and customized homepages are available for easy access to information.

Lung Cancer Foundation of America
The LCFA provides necessary and critical funding for creative and leading edge lung cancer research programs.