Did you know lung cancer is more deadly than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined? Yet it gets less than half the funding. Why is that? In this episode, Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes sits down with thoracic surgeon and attending physician at MSK, Dr. Bernard Park, and chair of the Lung Cancer Research Foundation, Reina Honts, to discuss why one of the most common cancers is also the most stigmatized.

MSK’s lung screening tool

Did you know <a href="https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/types/lung">lung cancer</a> is more deadly than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined? Yet it gets less than half the funding. Why is that? In this episode, <a href="https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/diane-reidy-lagunes">Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes</a> sits down with thoracic surgeon and attending physician at MSK, <a href="https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/bernard-park">Dr. Bernard Park</a>, and chair of the <a href="https://www.lungcancerresearchfoundation.org/">Lung Cancer Research Foundation</a>, Reina Honts, to discuss why one of the most common cancers is also the most stigmatized.
<a href="https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/types/lung/screening/lung-risk-assessment-tool">MSK’s lung screening tool</a>

Cancer Straight Talk from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center brings together national experts and cancer patients to have straightforward, evidence-based conversations. Our mission is to educate and empower patients and their families to make the right decisions and live happier, healthier lives.

Cancer Straight Talk from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center brings together national experts and cancer patients to have straightforward, evidence-based conversations. Our mission is to educate and empower patients and their families to make the right decisions and live happier, healthier lives.

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