American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative

The American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative (ALCSI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to save lives from lung cancer by increasing awareness of and access to lung cancer screening among high-risk individuals. ALCSI is an all-volunteer organization composed of over 200 doctors and students in the United States, Canada, India, Mexico, Brazil, and Iran. In addition, ALCSI has chapters established at 25 universities across the United States. ALCSI has given over 150 presentations on lung cancer to a wide range of audiences, including students, community members, healthcare providers, community leaders, and policymakers. To date, ALCSI has directly taught over 10,000 individuals about lung cancer screening within the United States alone through community presentations. We have also worked with 133 mayors to issue proclamations for November Lung Cancer Awareness Month in every single U.S. state. Additionally, ALCSI has worked to increase awareness of lung cancer screening by partnering with YouTube channels to include lung cancer screening information in their videos. Thus far, ALCSI has reached over 7.5 million viewers on YouTube. In addition to ALCSI’s work with communities to increase awareness of screening, ALCSI has worked closely with policymakers to increase awareness of and access to screening. Last Fall, ALCSI worked with U.S. congress members and senators to draft and advocate for the first-ever House (H.R. 1192) and Senate (S.780) resolutions recognizing the importance of the early-detection of lung cancer through screening. In December 2020, the Senate Resolution ALCSI helped draft and advocate for was passed, marking the first time the U.S. Senate has ever recognized the importance of screening. ALCSI has also actively been working with Representative Brendan Boyle and Senator Tina Smith to draft and advocate for Katherine’s Law for Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act of 2021 (H.R. 3749).