I was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in April 2005. I was only 45 years old, I had never smoked, and I thought lung cancer wasn’t something I would ever have to worry about. Now I know that upward of 15 percent of lung cancer patients are never smokers.

Three years after my initial diagnosis, doctors discovered I had the ALK mutation. I had no idea what that meant or that I would even still be talking about it in 2014. In fact, I was seeing a psychologist to prepare for my death.

The stigma of lung cancer can lead to shame, fear, and sub-optimal care. Dr. Joan Schiller wants us all to get past it, and she's leading the charge to make that happen. February 2014.

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This week, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) elected to not follow the lead of the more influential US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), which previously reviewed the information on chest CT screening for high risk patients and recommended it, and