WASHINGTON, March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One year ago today, Dana
 Reeve, wife of the late Christopher Reeve, lost her battle with lung
 cancer. Lung Cancer Alliance President, Laurie Fenton, issued the following
 statement on behalf of the organization:
     "Lung Cancer Alliance extends its most heartfelt thoughts to the family
 and friends of Dana Reeve. Dana's beauty, grace and valiant struggle
 against lung cancer will remain indelibly etched in our hearts and minds.
 In her memory -- and in the memory of loved ones lost to this disease,
 smoker or not -- let us come together to replace decades of stigma and
 neglect with hope, greater compassion and support for those living with or
 at risk for this disease. It is the right thing to do."
     The Lung Cancer Alliance (http://www.LungCancerAlliance.org) is the
 only national non-profit organization solely dedicated to patient support
 and advocacy for people living with, or at risk for, lung cancer. As the
 number one cancer killer, lung cancer will kill more than 160,000 Americans
 this year alone, causing more deaths than breast, prostate, colon, liver,
 kidney cancers and melanoma combined.
     CONTACT: Kay Cofrancesco of Lung Cancer Alliance, +1-202-463-2080,
 +1-202-744-1541 (cell), kcofrancesco@lungcanceralliance.org
 
 

SOURCE Lung Cancer Alliance