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Join Bret Michaels, Actor Stephen Lang, Hospitals, Doctors,
and Pets across the Nation in Raising Awareness of Lung
Cancer
Grab a Bandy, Share Your Photo, and Be a Part
of
LUNGevity’s #ChangeLC Campaign
WASHINGTON, DC (November 20, 2014) — From the Eiffel Tower
to the Washington Monument to Carolina Panthers Stadium,
LUNGevity Foundation’s Stop Lung Cancer wrist bands or
“bandies” and fact signs are ubiquitous, spotlighting the
nation’s top cancer killer for Lung Cancer Awareness Month
and celebrating the progress and promise of science in the
quest to end the disease. The campaign is resonating with
survivors, celebrities, and others across the nation who are
sharing important information about lung cancer on social
media.
Poison front man and reality show star Bret Michaels
accessorized his typical bandana with a blue Stop Lung
Cancer bandy. Actor Stephen Lang of Avatar and
Conan the Barbarian sported a bandy in a photo with lung
cancer survivor, Dan Powell, and former NFL player Chris
Draft posed with one. Even pets have been photographed with
them on their paws. Other participants have shared photos
of themselves with LUNGevity fact signs that show messages
such as: “Every 2.5 minutes someone is diagnosed with lung
cancer” or “You only need lungs to get lung cancer.” The
campaign has excited and engaged the Facebook community,
boosted Twitter favorites 351.7 percent from this time last
year, and launched the LUNGevity Instagram, all helping to
share facts and figures about lung cancer with audiences
nationwide.
Through the #ChangeLC campaign and other awareness month
activities, LUNGevity Foundation is driving awareness about
lung cancer and engaging constituents to make a difference
in changing outcomes.
“LUNGevity Foundation is thrilled that actors, musicians,
doctors, survivors, and social media users of all ages are
uniting to raise awareness of lung cancer, a disease that is
making its way into the spotlight. The #ChangeLC campaign
is using social media to advance the nation’s general
understanding about our top cancer killer and to address an
important fact: lung cancer can affect all people regardless
of age, gender, ethnicity, or smoking history,” said Andrea
Ferris, president and chairman of LUNGevity. “Knowing the
facts about lung cancer can help people catch the disease at
its earliest, most treatable stages and, as a result, s
ave thousands of lives.”
For more information on LUNGevity Foundation, please visit
www.LUNGevity.org.
To learn more about the #ChangeLC campaign, please visit
www.LUNGevity.org/LCAM2014.
About Lung Cancer
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1 in 14 Americans is diagnosed with lung
cancer in their lifetime.
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About 60 percent of all new lung cancer
diagnoses are among people who have never smoked or are
former smokers.
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of
cancer death, regardless of gender
or ethnicity.
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Lung cancer kills almost twice as many
women as breast cancer and more than three times as many
men as prostate cancer.
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Only 17 percent of all people diagnosed
with lung cancer will survive 5 years or more, but if
it’s caught before it spreads, the chance for 5-year
survival improves greatly.
About LUNGevity Foundation
LUNGevity Foundation is firmly committed to making an
immediate impact on increasing quality of life and
survivorship of people with lung cancer by accelerating
research into early detection and more effective treatments,
as well as by providing community, support, and education
for all those affected by the disease. Our vision is a
world where no one dies of lung cancer. For more information
about LUNGevity Foundation, please visit www.LUNGevity.org
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