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Snapshot of Select ALCSI's Initiatives
We’ve built a coalition of 700+ students, physicians, and community members across 115+ intercollegiate chapters dedicated to raising awareness of lung cancer screening.
Our team has organized over 1,200 lung cancer awareness events, teaching 70,000+ people about the importance of lung cancer screening.
In partnership with LUNGevity, we organized 43 lung cancer 5K walks nationwide during Lung Cancer Awareness Month in 2024, uniting communities, patients, and families across the U.S. in support of anyone affected by lung cancer.
We host a podcast series with 50+ episodes dedicated to sharing the powerful stories of lung cancer survivors and their caregivers, as well as the work of doctors and researchers in the field.
Our student-led grassroots initiative increases awareness of and access to lung cancer screening. By creating a referral network, we empower people to not only get screened themselves but also encourage anyone they know who may be eligible—their “plus one”—to do the same.
Beginning in 2020, and every year after, ALCSI has worked with the U.S. Senate to draft and pass the first-ever Senate Resolutions recognizing the importance of lung cancer screening. We also helped draft "Katherine’s Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act of 2021" to expand coverage for lung cancer screenings.
We’ve partnered with over 600 mayors, governors, and leaders to issue proclamations recognizing November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month and to film public service announcements encouraging constituents to get screened.
We proudly support and help recruit participants for the INSPIRE (Investigating Screening in Populations at High Risk to Improve Equity) study, which provides free lung cancer screening to Black women aged 50–80 with any history of smoking in Boston and Chicago.
Most insurances will cover lung cancer screening for individuals eligible under the
2021 USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Recommendation
Lung cancer screening is currently recommended for individuals who are...
1. 50-80 years old
2. Have smoked the equivalent of ≥20 pack-years
3. Currently smoke or quit ≤15 years ago