From the Grace Archives | Originally Published May 6, 2011 | By Dr West 

This is a difficult topic for many people to think about, and especially to bring up in a public forum, but people still want and need to know what they might expect as they or someone they care for are declining. It is understandable to fear the unknown, and to fear suffering. I would say that there are a few leading points here:

1) Most patients don’t suffer much as their cancer progresses and as they transition through the dying process.

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published March 10, 2011 | By Dr Ramchandran 

From the Grace Archives | Originally published August 12, 2012 | By Dr West 

GRACE is excited to bring to you more in our new series on surviving with cancer

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published November 12, 2014 | By Dr. Weiss

Smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer; 85% of lung cancer patients have smoked at some point in their lives (or, stated another way, 15% of lung cancer patients have never smoked).  While quitting smoking certainly decreases the risk of getting lung cancer, more than half of lung cancer happens in people who have quit. 

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published November 13, 2014 | By Dr. Weiss 

Smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer – 85% of lung cancer patients have smoked at some point in their lives (or, stated another way, 15% of lung cancer patients have never smoked).  While quitting smoking certainly decreases the risk of getting lung cancer, more than half of lung cancer happens in people who have quit.  

Reason #3 to not blame the lung cancer patient:

GRACE is excited to bring to you more in our new series on surviving with cancer

GRACE is excited to bring to you more in our new series on surviving with cancer