Breath of Hope
Lung Cancer: The Invisible Disease
They are your friends, your relatives, your neighbors - people you recognize and greet every day. People you love.
They are also the thousands of nameless people you may encounter during the course of a lifetime.
Some of these people are or will become members of an exclusive but grim club, a club that no one willingly chooses to join.
The only requirement for membership is a diagnosis of non-small-cell-lung cancer. And the dues are heartbreaking.
BREATH OF HOPE - Lung Cancer: The Invisible Disease is an hour-long documentary seeking to educate the public about lung cancer – in particular non-small cell lung cancer.
Through five poignant patient stories in five different states across the U.S., viewers witness the struggles and triumphs of lung cancer patients and their families.
The documentary also explores new therapies on the horizon and the latest genetic markers that may offer hope for extending survival.
Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress S. Epatha Merkerson, best known as Lt. Anita Van Buren on the long-running television crime drama Law & Order, hosts the documentary. Merkerson lost two friends to lung cancer and helped her sister fight her way to a cure.
The program aired on Public Television.