• Two young girls hugging each other, facing each other with foreheads touching, against a red wooden background. One girl wears a black beanie and a striped shirt, the other a neon green beanie and a denim jacket.

    Our mission.

    To increase the life expectancy of people living with oncogene-driven cancers that originate in the lungs, and one day find a cure.

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  • Because of research and my family’s advocacy, I can focus on what matters: Enjoying life.

    - Amy Clark, Diagnosed with stage 4 ALK+ lung cancer, age 20

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  • A smiling Emily, living with RET+ lung cancer, and husband standing outdoors, with a hillside and open landscape in the background.

    Remember that medical science keeps marching forward at an increasingly rapid pace.

    — Emily Walthall (R), living with stage IV, RET-positive lung cancer, with husband Elliot

    Emily's story
  • Sally, who has ALK+ lung cancer, with two women and with two alpacas and a llama in a green pasture with sheep grazing in the background, rolling hills, and a partly cloudy sky.

    Thanks to research, I feel like I am living with a chronic condition.

    — Sally Hayton (far right, petting alpacas with cousin Trisha and goddaughter Breesha) diagnosed with stage IV, ALK lung cancer in 2013

    Sally's story

Those diagnosed are often younger and many have no known risk factors. These oncogene-driven cancers can also appear elsewhere in the body and benefit from many of the same drugs. Get in touch to help us fund research to increase life expectancy and one day find a cure.

Each year hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed with an oncogene-driven lung cancer - like ALK, EGFR, RET, ROS1, KRAS and others.

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What we do.

Oncogene Cancer Research exists to increase the life expectancy of people living with oncogene-driven cancers that originate in the lungs, and one day find a cure. Everything we do is designed to support informed decision-making, influence change, and fund research that helps people live longer.

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