Joni Aldrich SOS: Supporter of Survival

Lung is the #1 cancer killer. Yet, there haven't been major advances in treatments for decades. Guest: Steven Young, the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute is dedicated to accelerating the discovery, development and delivery of new and more effective treatment options for lung cancer patients. ALCMI is determined to break down the barriers in research due to the stigma of lung cancer (it's not just a smoker's disease). Listen to Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com

Guest: Angel, Brenda & Kathleen O’Brien (3 Sisters Survival) Topic: All Diagnosed in One Year. A fun interview to listen to. Each of these women is amazing in their own right. Even though they were all diagnosed with breast cancer in the same year, they want you to know: Cancer is not the end; they want the world to know. They want their story to inspire women everywhere to see that hope and family are stronger than cancer and that women, with or without a breast, are beautiful. Listen to Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com

Guest: Greg Stanley (CCO of Oncimmune) Topic: EarlyCDT-Lung, Blood Test for Lung Cancer (all stages). In the war against cancer, the #1 goal should be prevention; #2 goal should be early diagnosis. This is the way to save lives, and improve quality-of-life of survivors. At a rate of 450 deaths on average every day in the US alone—lung cancer claims more lives each year than breast, colon, liver, kidney and melanoma cancers combined, due in part to inadequate early detection. A shocking 85% of lung cancer are diagnosed in late stage. Listen to Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com

Guest: Tu Diep (OncoSec) Topic: ElectroOncology Therapy to Treat Skin Cancer and Solid Tumor Cancers. OncoSec’s proprietary delivery system, called the OncoSec Medical System™ (OMS), offers an innovative approach to battling solid tumor cancers including all types of skin cancer—thru a scientific phenomenon: electroporation. It involves applying a brief electric field to a living cell. Doing this causes a temporary opening of pores in a cell’s outer membrane—pores that close again within minutes once the electric field is discontinued. The cell’s permeability is temporarily increased, and a drug or other agent injected into the area can flow into the cell effectively. Listen to Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com

Guest: Dr. Cybele Fishman (Dermatologist) Topic: The Truth About Sun Exposure & Tanning Beds. We don't often think of our skin as the largest organ in our body. I'll be the first to admit that I like to have some suntan. What are the types of UV light, and what do they cause? Why are tanning beds evil? What are the main types of skin cancer, and what is their incidence? What are the most common sunscreen ingredients, and can they be dangerous? Listen to Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com

Guest: Eileen Kaplan (Survivor & Author) Topic: Laughter Is The “Breast” Medicine. Eileen speaks with humor and heart on making the lifestyle changes necessary for combating all types of cancer. Her message of having a good attitude and positive thinking in life is crucial in dealing with the disease as well as taking good care of yourself, physically. She says that her journey was tempered by family and humor saying that "you can cry in joy or you can laugh in joy" and to keep in mind that laughter is therapeutic. Listen to Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com

Guest: Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg (Kids Kicking Cancer) Topic: Children “Victim” to “Victor”. Having lost his first child to leukemia at the age of 2, Rabbi Goldberg brings a wealth of personal experience and sensitivity to dealing with children and families facing life-threatening illness. His commitment to easing the pain of children with cancer and his dream of supporting healing through the empowerment of the martial arts resulted in the creation of the Kids Kicking Cancer. Listen to Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com

Guests: Bonnie Addario (Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation), Gabby Wilson (Child Lung Cancer Survivor), Dana Wilson (Gabby’s mother). 450 men, women and children die every day from lung cancer. That's a jumbo jet crash of death's per day! Not all are smokers, but that is the stigma for funding lung cancer research and new treatment development. Gabby Wilson was diagnosed at 7-years-old. If you have lungs, you can get lung cancer. Listen to Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com

Guest: Brad Thompson (Oncolytics Biotech Inc.) Topic: Reolysin, Virus-Based Therapies for Cancer. Chemotherapy targets fast-growing cells like those typically found in rapidly growing tumors. But while chemotherapy can shrink tumors, they often grow back and become resistant to the treatment. So, chemotherapy is now often combined with other treatments that have different mechanisms for attacking and killing cancer cells. One approach that has proven quite promising is harnessing viruses to infect, multiply within and shred cancer cells; the virus targets tumors without affecting normal tissue. Listen to Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com

Guest: Patricia Smith, Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project. Caring too much can hurt. When caregivers focus on others without practicing self-care, destructive behaviors can surface. Apathy, isolation, bottled up emotions and substance abuse head a long list of symptoms associated with the secondary traumatic stress disorder now labeled as Compassion Fatigue. Accepting the presence of compassion fatigue in your life only serves to validate the fact that you are a deeply caring individual. Listen to Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com