The Israel Lung Cancer Foundation Shani Shilo DMD

The Israel Lung Cancer Foundation Shani Shilo DMD Ph. D +972 -54 -4380367 shani@ilcf. org. il

Faces of Lung cancer • My story • Patients: Lung cancer in Israel ü 2000 new patients a year ü Most common in man, 2 nd in women ü First Lung cancer foundation • Caregivers

Needs of Patients & Caregivers • Up-to-date information • Access to targeted medicine & novel therapies • • High costs of screening, drugs, • So many side effects • Patients suffering and pain • Caregiver needs to look for answers, from Psychological support • The patient • The spouse that becomes a caregiver • The family, end of normal family life Financial burden • • Palliative care who? • • Help at home Bureaucracy • Health suppliers • Social security, rights, time…. • Extension of life • For what price?

Goals • • Form a community Share Support Advocate 2014 Activity • • • Established and registered in Israeli authorities a year ago 2014 fund raising Website, Foundation video and Facebook, brochures, digital media

2015 Activity • • • 2015 fund raising Lung cancer awareness campaign Recruit members, families and volunteers to the foundation Introduction meetings in hospitals Introduction in the Israeli lung cancer annual meeting and in the lung cancer support nurses meeting Thank you