Stigma and Nihilism

Promote initiatives to eliminate lung cancer-related stigma and nihilism

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Lung Cancer Stigma Communications Assessment Tool (LCS-CAT)
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Lung Cancer Stigma Communications Assessment Tool Launch Webinar

Lung Cancer Stigma Communications Assessment Tool Launch Webinar | August 15, 2024
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Stigma and Nihilism Task Group

To address the broad challenges related to the influence that stigma and nihilism have persons living with and at risk for the development of lung cancer related to quality of life, cancer care, and prognosis

Stigma And Nihilism Research Articles

The ACS NLCRT aims to reduce the harmful health and quality-of-life outcomes of lung cancer-related sigma and nihilism through public and professional education.

Embracing Compassion for People Facing Lung Cancer—the American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable

Studts JL, Carter-Bawa L, Feldman J, Schiller JH, Scharnetzki E, Pantelas J, Manley E Jr, Williamson TJ, Rivera MP, Sakoda LC, Wood DE, Kazerooni EA, Rosenthal LS, Smith RA, Moghanaki D. Embracing compassion for people facing lung cancer—the American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable. Ann Intern Med. [Epub 3 June 2025].

Carter-Bawa L, Ostroff JS, Hoover K, Studts JL. (2023) Towards achieving effective communication about lung cancer screening without iatrogenic stigma: A brief report case study using the Lung Cancer Stigma Communications Assessment Tool (LCS-CAT) of LungTalk. JTO Clinical & Research Reports. 2023; 4(11): 100585.

Effective Communication About Lung Cancer Screening Without Iatrogenic Stigma: A Brief Report Case Study Using the Lung Cancer Stigma Communications Assessment Tool of LungTalk

Getting ready for prime time: Recommended adaptations of an Empathic Communication Skills training intervention to reduce lung cancer stigma for a national multi-center trial

Banerjee, S. C., Malling, C., Shen, M. J., Williamson, T. J., Bylund, C. L., Studts, J. L., Mullett, T. W., Carter‐Harris, L., Hamann, H., Parker, P. A., Steliga, M. A., Feldman, J., Pantelas, J., Kitts, A. B., Rigney, M., King, J. C., Fathi, J. T., Rosenthal, L., Smith, R. A., & Ostroff, J. S. (2023). Getting ready for prime time: Recommended adaptations of an Empathic Communication Skills training intervention to reduce lung cancer stigma for a national multi-center trial. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 13(10), 804–808. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibad048