Free ME From Lung Cancer

12/15/2025

We are so lucky to have such a dedicated team of volunteers serving on our board of directors - including a high school student! Meet Cheyenne. She attends Cony High School and played an integral role in rallying volunteers for our annual fundraiser 5K.

12/12/2025

We are so excited and gratful for the opportunity to award another $10,000 grant to Penquis. This will help cancer patients in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties receive the care they need. This funding helps cover transportation for treatment, follow-up visits, screenings and more!

Penquis C.A.P., Inc. has been awarded a second $10,000 grant from Free ME from Lung Cancer to help individuals with lung cancer and other cancer diagnoses

12/10/2025

News out of Miami: U.S. Army veteran Ray Montano is proving that early detection and expert care save lives. He had no symptoms before he was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 2025. His cancer was detected after he underwent routine diagnostic screening for an unrelated condition.

When Army veteran Ray Montano learned he had lung cancer, his strategy was “attack and defeat.” “I wanted it gone,” says the 66-year-old, who turned to experts at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute for his care.

12/05/2025

Scientists have found a powerful new way to stop lung cancer in its tracks by targeting a single protein that helps tumor cells survive stress. When this protein is switched off, lung cancer cells can no longer protect themselves and begin to self-destruct, dramatically slowing or even shrinking tumors in lab studies.

Scientists at NYU Langone discovered that blocking a key protein that shields cancer cells from a natural stress-driven death process can dramatically slow lung tumor growth.

12/03/2025

According to this poll, 37% British people surveyed feel less sympathy for people with lung cancer than other types of cancer,

"That we need to say this is very sad - whoever you are, no one deserves lung cancer, and no one should feel embarrassed or stigma around having the disease."

This letter from Paula Chadwick, Chief Exec at Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, speaks of the importance of recognising lung cancer.

12/02/2025

Veteran actor Lee Moon Soo’s passing after a long battle with lung cancer is a powerful reminder that this disease can touch anyone.

Hello Ghost actor Lee Moon Soo has breathed his last after many decades of contribution to the acting industry.

11/28/2025

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine found that 65% of their lung cancer patients weren't eligible for screening. They were likelier to be female, Asian American or nonsmokers.

11/27/2025

Every breath is a gift. With Free ME From Lung Cancer, we honor loved ones, lift survivors, and support screenings that save lives here in Maine. Happy Thanksgiving!

11/21/2025

We all have been working to restore lung cancer research. Here is where we stand know. What can you do to support the lung cancer community? Call, write, email your Congressional Leaders and urge them to vote yes. Thank you.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during Lung Cancer Awareness Month, U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) reintroduced the bipartisan Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act, a bill that will help lower health care costs for families while ...

11/19/2025

This never‑smoker and elite runner’s diagnosis is a reminder that anyone can get lung cancer.

Ultramarathoner and dad Kevin Humphrey never expected his minor symptoms would be a life-threatening cancer.