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The ABCs of Lung Cancer for Patients and Advocates is your trusted companion through one of life’s most challenging journeys. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, supporting someone you love, or simply seeking to understand lung cancer, this book helps you replace fear with knowledge and isolation with advocacy.
What You’ll Gain
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Confidence to navigate appointments, treatment decisions, and the emotional ups and downs of your lung cancer journey.
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Clarity through bite‑sized chapters from A to Z: from Biomarker Testing and Clinical Trials to Hope, Stigma, and Survivorship!
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Connection through real stories from patients and advocates who’ve walked the path of a lung cancer diagnosis.
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Encouragement and inspiration drawn from more than a decades advocacy and lived experience in the lung cancer community.
This isn’t a medical textbook. Instead, it’s a guidebook designed to inform, inspire and move you forward in strength.
“Cleverly organized from A to Z, the book covers key topics and lessons in lung cancer, from ‘Anyone Can Get Lung Cancer’ to how to ‘Zealously Advocate for Others.’ The book beautifully weaves together the stories of patients diagnosed with lung cancer and of lung cancer advocates, physicians, and researchers. Hope and community–pillars of Dusty’s work–form the very fabric of this book.”
- Dr. Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, thoracic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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“This book is written for everyone, but especially the newly diagnosed and the layperson, someone who may know nothing about lung cancer. It goes on to explain about symptoms, causes, treatment options, and so much more. This would be a great book to share with anyone who has lung cancer or knows someone with it. ”— Karen L.
Dusty Donaldson & Kimberly Lester
Co-authors of The ABCs of Lung Cancer Advocates & Leaders of LiveLung
A Survivor & Daughter Duo Bringing Hope and Clarity to the Lung Cancer Conversation
Dusty Donaldson became a lung cancer advocate after her own diagnosis in September 2005. In 2010, she founded the Dusty Joy Foundation (LiveLung), a nonprofit dedicated to advancing lung cancer education, early detection, and compassion. Today, LiveLung hosts a growing network of monthly patient groups across the country, connecting patients, caregivers, providers, and researchers. Through these efforts, LiveLung is improving health outcomes and helping people impacted by lung cancer live as well as possible for as long as possible.
Before her diagnosis, Dusty worked as a journalist at daily newspapers in Virginia and North Carolina, earning multiple awards from the Virginia Press Association. She later transitioned to a career in communications and media relations. She holds a BA in journalism from Norfolk State University, an MA in public policy journalism from Regent University, and a certificate in nonprofit management from Duke University. Dusty lives in High Point, North Carolina, with her rescue cats, Buttons and Butterscotch.
Kimberly Lester has been part of her mother’s lung cancer journey since day one. Since Dusty's diagnosis in 2005, Kimberly has supported the lung cancer community through writing, design, social media, and advocacy. She is a technical writer with a BS in Professional Writing from Old Dominion University. She’s currently living her best cat lady life in the heart of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley with Scoop, Lily, Diesel, Petie Pie, and Nutmeg.
The latest science, more stories, fresh resources, and a message of hope.
Now in its 2nd edition, The ABCs of Lung Cancer for Patients and Advocates has been fully updated and expanded and is available for preorder now!
What's new in this latest edition?
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The latest science on treatment, screening, and survivorship
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Expanded care partner insights from Kimberly’s perspective
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More real patient stories and messages of hope
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Fresh resources to support patients, families, and advocates