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Shani Shilo DMD PhD +972- 54-4380367 shani@ilcf.il

The Israel Lung Cancer Foundation. Shani Shilo DMD PhD +972- 54-4380367 shani@ilcf.org.il. Faces of Lung cancer My story Patients: Lung cancer in Israel 2000 new patients a year Most common in man, 2 nd in women First Lung cancer foundation Caregivers.

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Shani Shilo DMD PhD +972- 54-4380367 shani@ilcf.il

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  1. The IsraelLung CancerFoundation ShaniShilo DMD PhD +972-54-4380367 shani@ilcf.org.il

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

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

  4. 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

  5. 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

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