Teri Schrul talks about how clinical trials restored her and her husband’s hope for the future after a lung cancer diagnosis, and the importance of getting more patients into trials. Our lives forever changed when my husband, Bill, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2012. At first, we couldn’t believe the news. Bill always lived a healthy lifestyle — eating right, exercising and going to the doctor for annual physicals. Lung cancer just never seemed like a risk. Unfortunately, it became our new reality. The doctors told us that…

Bill Schrul, a stage 4 lung cancer survivor, shares how a clinical trial has changed his outlook. I’m Bill Schrul, and I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer in June of 2012. You’ve heard from my wife, Teri, and my clinical trial doctor, Dr. Sequist. Now it’s my turn to tell my story. For my EGFR mutation, the first line of treatment was Tarceva. It worked exceptionally well in 3-4 days, however because targeted therapy drugs tend to lose effectiveness at around the 1-year mark, my oncologist encouraged me to find a…

Marty Kallish, an active runner and former Marine, shares his journey with lung cancer and how clinical trials and targeted therapies have changed his outlook. Clinical trials are critical to developing and improving treatments for lung cancer patients. Successful trials have brought about numerous scientific breakthroughs that have made it possible for physicians to offer advanced targeted therapies to patients, and give those facing a lung cancer diagnosis the gift of more time. No one understands the importance of clinical trials more than Marty Kallish. Marty, an active runner and…