Janine taught school from 1991 to 2012. She was a special education instructor, advisor and life coach at The Horizons School for young adults in Birmingham, AL for 12 years. Janine also taught as the assistant teacher in Group 5 (4th/5th grade) at the Westland School in Los Angeles, CA. Janine earned a Master of Education and state teacher certification from the University of California in Los Angeles in 1991. Janine’s husband, Don was diagnosed with a pancoast tumor of squamous NSCLC in 2009. After curative doses of concurrent chemo and radiation a tumor on the spine then months later a tumor in the other lung was found but biopsies were undiagnosable and treatments continued until 2012. As of today, Don is NED and living life. Janine began visiting the Grace website in 2009 seeking information about her husband’s disease and hasn’t yet left because she understands the important link the forum makes between information and the individual.
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GRACE is celebrating our 10th year!
In recognition, we would like to introduce you to the staff and board members who are so deeply involved in bringing GRACE to life. In this video, we introduce Janine Thompson.
Dr. H. Jack West and the GRACE community have been helping each other since before that time but in this 10th year as a non-profit, we are pleased and humbled by the feedback and graciousness of those we have the pleasure to work with, and those who have found help and support through our GRACE site.
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Hola, espero que todos estén recibiendo lo que necesitan.
Nuestro foro en español sobre terapias dirigidas para el cáncer de pulmón está disponible a pedido. Este es el foro completo de 2 horas y media
Our 4-video series, 2025 HPV Advances Patient Education Program is available free online.
We want to thank Merck for sponsoring this expert-mediated patient information.
We never want anyone to need
Our 2025 Spanish Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer Patient Forum LIVE Webinar is coming up on Saturday, August 9, 2025. Patients and caregivers can REGISTER HERE
Este evento educativo para pacientes
A special thank you goes out to our sponsors Exelixis and Janssen for helping make the 2024-2025 Patient Education Ambassadors Program possible!
All of the Spanish and Portuguese language videos also
A special thank you goes out to our sponsors Genentech and AstraZeneca for helping make the 2025 Case-Based Panel Discussions possible!
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This is such a difficult time for you, I know. Most of the NCI designated cancer centers have a
Hi Happybluesun,
I'm glad your mom made a turn for the better though I'm sorry she is having these
Hi Ascardino, Welcome to Grace. I'm so sorry to hear of your situation. While we don't have
Hi Hopish hope, Welcome to Grace. I'm sorry to know about your friend.
I reached out to one of
Hi bluesun,
I don't know of any organizations that might help. I'm so sorry to hear about your mom