Run for the Lungs is a newly formed Marathon Fund raising and Training team. This group of dedicated runners is making a commitment to train and run the 2001 Chronicle Marathon in San Francisco while raising money for the Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education. This nonprofit organization was founded to help people worldwide at risk for and living with lung cancer improve the quality of lives, and to encourage research. In the year 2000, approximately 164,000 Americans were diagnosed with lung cancer. Lung cancer kills more Americans each year than breast, colon, and prostate cancer combined.
Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer of women.
New treatments and recent technical advances are increasing cure and survival rates and improving the quality of life of lung cancer patients.