22 full and associated members from 15 countries attended the event opened by Stefania Vallone, President of LuCE welcoming the 3 new members from Eastern Europe – Udruga oboljelih od raka pluča – Croatia, Dzivibas Koks – Latvia and Community Health Association – Romania.

The training subjects were focused on how to manage political and social influence in advocacy in order to benefit from clinical trials; the scientific session provided the news on lung cancer treatments.

The General Assembly brought a new member of the LuCE Board, Anne-Marie Baird (left), holding a PhD in Cancer Research from the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Dublin, Trinity College. *Anne-Marie is involved in lung cancer awareness and patient advocacy, and is an active member of the lung cancer social media (#LCSM) community.