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Early Detection: The Key to Surviving Lung Cancer

Early Detection: The Key to Surviving Lung Cancer

Update: 2025-06-19
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Early detection of lung cancer can save lives. In this essential episode, two-time survivor and LCFA co-founder David Sturges shares how screening helped him beat lung cancer—twice. Joined by Dr. Denise Aberle and LCFA-funded researcher Dr. Kellie Smith, this episode dives into why lung cancer is often diagnosed late, what new screening methods can do to change that, and what the future of early treatment might look like.


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David Sturges, Lung Cancer Survivor & LCFA Co-founder 

Dr. Denise Aberle, Thoracic Radiologist, UCLA Medical Center

Kellie Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University & LCFA Early Career Researcher


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Early Detection: The Key to Surviving Lung Cancer

Early Detection: The Key to Surviving Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Foundation of America