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The young lung cancer community is a force. This is what that looks like.

Walks, events, meetups, advocacy — connection at the center of all of it. We are here. We are loud. And we are not going anywhere.

These connections remind us that meaningful change happens not in isolation, but together.

Relationships

Generosity

Shared Commitment

Young lung cancer community members Ashley and Lexi pose together at an LCRF event

Patient advocate Yvonne Diaz in a Go Grab Life jacket at a Cancer in Common event

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YLCI co-founders Bianca Bye and Leah Phillips at the GO2 for Lung Cancer gala in San Francisco

Mel Erwin, lung cancer patient, joyfully poses in YLCI merchandise - exhale hope sweater

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Three women standing together indoors with their arms around each other

Three lung cancer advocates smiling at ASCO 2026

A group of young lung cancer patients at brushes with cancer event in Chicago

Leah poses with Samantha AI tool at ASCO 2026

Walker and Allyson Dunbar at a race to raise money for Happy Lungs Project with team Respira

Group selfie of young lung cancer community members at the Lungevity Hope Summit

Young lung cancer community group photo at the LUNGevity summit

Three young lung cancer patients at the Boston LUNG FORCE Walk, raising money for lung cancer research to benefit Massachusetts General Hospital.

A group of lung cancer patients in formal gowns laughing together at a Oncogene Cancer Research event

Dr. Kyle Concannon, Leah Phillips, Lisa Spain, Max and karen smile together at ASCO 2026.

Jessie Creel and friend in matching blue Hope t-shirts at the City of Hope walk, one holding blue pom-pom

May and husband caregiver award

lung cancer patient and advocate, Chris Herbert advocating and remmebering lung cancer patients

A group of lung cancer advocates from Utah

Four UK lung cancer patients laughing together indoors with their arms around each other

Patient advocates smile together indoors at ASCO 2026

Lung cancer advocates at WCLC in Spain

Three young lung cancer community members pose together at lungevity hope summit

Bernie and his wife Kari smiling with their arms around each other, wearing Young Lung Cancer Initiative shirts

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Emily, a long term stage 4 lung cancer survivor, smiles with her husband at a go2 for lung cancer gala

Tiffany, a young lung cancer patient, standing beside a LiveLung event stage backdrop

Young lung cancer patients members gathered together at the LUNGevity HOPE Summit in Dallas, Texas, 2026.

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Gillian advocating for lung cancer in Ireland

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Juliet, Loryn, and Jen, young lung cancer community members, smiling together at a restaurant.

Large group of young lung cancer community members at the Hope Summit

Ashley Vassallo receives the WCLC 2025 Patient Advocate Award

Three young lung cancer patients smiling at lungevity Hope summit

Lung cancer patient advocate Amy Grove smiling and holding her Certificate of Recognition

The Neal family wearing Support Squad shirts at a GO2 for Lung Cancer walk

Aurora Lucas and Filipe Paxao smile at lungevity hope summit Dallas Texas

Two young lung cancer community members smiling together.

Lung cancer patient Wyatt with his husband at a lung cancer research foundation walk

Young lung cancer community members at the EGFR resisters summit in Chicago, IL

Young lung cancer patient smiles holding white ribbon

Patient advocate Aurora Lucas smiles with thoracic oncologist Dr Eric Singhi at lungevity hope summit Dallas

Young lung cancer community holds up canvas lung paintings YLCI get together

GO2 and YLCI founders together at the GO2 for Lung Cancer gala

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Young lung cancer community members gathered at a table during a YLCI meet-up at the LUNGevity summit

Dr Narjust Florez and Leah phillips smiling together

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Lung cancer advocate Lauren Coye painting a hummingbird at a paint night event

Lung cancer advocates Aurora and Rasika smile together

Lung cancer advocates in Europe

Jamie and Chad Dunbar at the LUNGevity Hope Summit

Samantha Murrell and Ashley Vassallo, young lung community members, laughing at Lungevity Hope Summit 2025

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Four young lung cancer community members smiling together at the LUNGevity Hope Summit 2026 in Dallas, Texas.

Patient advocate gives a speech at a lung cancer event in MA

A group of patient advocates together at lungevity hope summit

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Three patients with lung cancer at the LUNGevity summit

Young lung cancer patients painting at easels during the YLCI Boston meet-up

A young lung cancer patient, Samantha, smiling holding a "I am a survivor" sign

YLCI baseball fundraising event group photo

Three young lung cancer patients wearing yellow lungforce shirts smile together at a community lung cancer walk

Patient advocate Ashley Holt posing with thoracic oncologist Dr Kyle Concannon

Lung cancer patient and advocate Kelsey Dellino advocating for research funding outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC

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Patient advocates smiling at ASCO 2026

Patient advocates Leah Phillips and Illana Stromberg pose together at lungevity hope summit

Two young lung cancer patients smile outdoors at Lung Force walk in MA

Young Lung Cancer patients Samantha Murrell and Jennifer Wilson smile together at lungevity hope summit

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Young lung cancer community members posing outdoors at ASCO 2026

Patient advocates smile together at ASCO 2026

Ashley with two others at an event where she raised money for YLCI

The Bonnie J. Addario Legacy Award presented to the Young Lung Cancer Initiative by GO2 for Lung Cancer

Dr. Amy Moore smiling with lung cancer patient advocate Leah Phillips at the HOPE Summit.

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Group of lung cancer survivors in formal attire at the GO2 for Lung Cancer gala in San Francisco 2025