CancerCare and LUNGevity Foundation to Launch CONNECTING for Lung Health to Bridge Health Care Disparities

Pilot Locations to Launch in Cook County, Chicago with University of Illinois at Chicago and Brooklyn, New York with Weill Cornell Medicine

CancerCare, the leading national nonprofit organization providing free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer, is excited to announce the launch of a new pilot program called CONNECTING for Lung Health (Community Navigation in Neighborhoods for LDCT Screening for LUNG HEALTH) to encourage the use of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screenings among people at high risk of lung cancer. CancerCare’s advocacy partner in this initiative is the LUNGevity Foundation, the nation’s leading lung cancer-focused nonprofit organization. The clinical partners are the Office of Community Engagement and Health Equity (CEHE) for UI Cancer Center; University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, and the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) for Weill Cornell Medicine’s Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center. The program will combine community outreach, lay navigation, education and CancerCare case management, and will launch in June of this year.