AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - 黄瓜短视频 is spreading awareness about lung cancer with a 鈥榃hite Ribbon Fall Festival.鈥� Organizers say lung cancer is one of the deadliest forms of the disease. The event featured a panel discussion and patients discussing their battles with the condition. 鈥淲e try and commemorate families, friends, and colleagues who we have lost to this disease. At the same time, trying to strengthen our resolve to fight it for all the patients we have. We always try to send the message to expand screening coverage, to try and work with our community leaders on the cessation of smoking, which is the main cause of lung cancer in this day and age,鈥� said Georgia Cancer Center Oncologist Giri Raval. Health experts say lung cancer is largely preventable because of how many lives can be saved when people quit smoking.
White Ribbon Fall Fest
鈥淎nyone with lungs can get lung cancer.鈥�
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and accounts for more than 25% of all cancer deaths. Each year, more people die from lung cancer than breast, colon and prostate cancer combined.
To help increase awareness about lung cancer's risk, prevention opportunities, and treatment options, the Georgia Cancer Center partnered with MCG鈥檚 Oncology Interest Group and the to raise awareness about lung cancer and support and celebrate survivors.
Those who attended previous White Ribbon Fall Fest events were able to participate in a white ribbon build by painting a wooden ribbon.
They also enjoyed delicious food, entered to win prizes, spent time relaxing with therapy dogs, enjoyed music by Jordan Deshon, and played lawn games.
There was also information and resources about a person鈥檚 risk of developing lung cancer and strategies to lower that risk from a variety of vendors.
Check out the video for highlights from White Ribbon Fall Fest 2023.
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Lung Cancer Care Program
Our goal at the Georgia Cancer Center is to balance exceptional outcomes with high quality of life and optimum lung function. The provides personalized care for every type and stage of lung cancer and other cancers in the chest, including:
- Lungs
- Trachea
- Chest wall
- Pericardium
- Pulmonary system
- Mesothelioma
- Thymomas
The Georgia Cancer Center's Thoracic NOW Clinic, allows patients to be seen by four different specialists during the same appointment. In addition, there are a number of support services and social worker services available during the appointments to make sure each need of our patient is taken care of without multiple visits to our clinics.
Lung Cancer Online Resources
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer. In 2022, it is estimated there will be 236,740 new cases in the U.S.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and accounts for more than 25% of all cancer deaths. Each year, more people die from lung cancer than breast, colon, and prostate cancer combined.
Despite this, there is a stigma around lung cancer that does not exist for other cancers. The stigma that smoking causes lung cancer negatively impacts every part of the lung cancer experience from awareness to research funding to support towards patients. This has real consequences for lung cancer survivorship.
While 90% of lung cancers in the U.S. are associated with smoking tobacco, lung cancer can affect anyone with lungs. About 10-20% of lung cancers occur in people who never smoked. Many of these people were exposed to secondhand smoke through their parents, spouse, or workplace. There is an increasing trend of lung cancer in 鈥渘ever smokers" with 20% of people who die of lung cancer in the U.S. never having smoked or used tobacco (ACS 10.14.20).
Even for people whose lung cancer is attributed to current or past tobacco use, smoking for many is not simply a habit, but a powerful addiction that is tough to break without help. The tobacco industry knows this, which is why they maintain addicting levels of nicotine in their cancer-causing products and spend billions of dollars marketing them. The industry fuels stigma around lung cancer by deftly shifting criticism and responsibility away from their corporations and onto customers with 鈥渇reedom of choice鈥� rhetoric.
Ultimately, it does not matter what caused a person鈥檚 lung cancer. At the Georgia Cancer Center, we believe everyone deserves to receive compassionate care and support through their cancer experience.
Lung Cancer Risk Assessment
Get the facts about lung cancer and how you can assess your risk for developing this form of cancer during your lifetime.
Lung Cancer: Breathe Easier by Reducing Your Risk
The "Lung Cancer: Breathe Easier by Reducing Your Risk" slide deck features 32 slides about the two main types of lung cancer, stages, how common the disease is, risk factors, and resources for getting information or to learn more about lung cancer.
Lung Screening Program
The NCI-sponsored National Lung Screening Trial recently confirmed that screening individuals at high risk for lung cancer with an annual low-dose CT (LDCT) of the chest saves lives.
Tobacco Cessation Program
We offer an integrative approach to help tobacco users quit successfully. This includes cigarette, cigar, and hookah smokers, electronic-cigarette users, and spit tobacco users.
Georgia Tobacco Quit Line
The Georgia Tobacco Quit Line (GTQL) is a FREE evidence-based public health service available to help Georgians quit smoking, vaping, and stop using all forms of tobacco products.
Lung Cancer News
A ventilator hooked up to two pairs of side-by-side pig lungs showed the vast contrast between a healthy pink lung and unhealthy blackened, tumor-ladened one. 鈥淓verybody says 鈥榙on鈥檛 smoke, don鈥檛 smoke, don鈥檛 smoke,鈥� but you never really see [the effects] of why,鈥� said Elaine Kise, an 黄瓜短视频 respiratory therapy student who took part in the white ribbon event for lung cancer awareness Wednesday at the Health Sciences campus. 鈥淵ou shouldn鈥檛 put anything into your lungs because it irritates your airways.鈥� The White Ribbon Fall Fest featured tables with large wooden ribbons painted white as well as tables with information about lung cancer and the risks of smoking.
White Ribbon Fall Fest took place on Nov. 1, 2025.
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