CHEST Foundation Donor Spotlight Spring 2015 | Page 3

CHEST FOUNDATION AT THE DAYTONA 500
The CHEST Foundation actively fulfills our pillar of public-focused
patient education by delivering physician-approved materials in a
variety of venues. In February, we partnered with a public relations
firm to create a lung cancer public service announcement (PSA). This
PSA was featured at the Daytona 500 and was seen over 1.2 million
times over 3 days informing 600,000 attendees about lung cancer.

CHEST FOUNDATION PATIENT-FOCUSED
PUBLIC EDUCATION
SARCOIDOSIS
YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory
disease wherein the immune
system goes into overdrive.

25%

35-50%

of cases affect the
eyes.

of cases have
respiratory symptoms,
such as shortness of
breath, dry cough, and
chest pain.

Sarcoidosis can affect almost
any organ in the body.

Sarcoidosis causes cells to
group together into clumps
called “granulomas."

It is not known exactly what
causes sarcoidosis.

TREATMENT

SYMPTOMS2

WHAT IS IT?

In April, the CHEST Foundation teamed up with the Foundation
for Sarcoidosis Research to launch Sarcoidosis: Seek Answers.
Inspire Results. The campaign exploded on social media and
within the first 2 weeks, content was shared 3,500 times on
Facebook and was seen by more than 2,300 people on Twitter.
It was released to a potential audience of over 20,000,000 via
print, radio, and broadcast outlets and included a 12-interview
radio media tour and audio news release to 485 radio stations.
Special thanks to all of our members and supporters for their
hard work and dedication in making this project a huge success.

THE
SARCOID

GREAT NEWS: With good medical care,
most cases of sarcoidosis are not severe
and do not cause lasting damage to the
body.

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When treatment is needed, however, it is
important to understand all of your options.

90%

25%

of cases affect
the lungs and
lymph nodes.

of cases affect
the skin.

The CHEST

AGE

ETHNICITY
Anyone can develop sarcoidosis.
For reasons not yet understood by medical science, sarcoidosis is more
common among African Americans and people of Northern European –
particularly Scandinavian – descent.

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Sarcoidosis can affect people of any age, but 70% of patients are
ages 20 to 40.

It is estimated there are more than 200,000
people living with sarcoidosis in the US.1

In more than half of cases, sarcoidosis only START THE
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2. Can I do anything to prevent symptoms?
3. What are all of the treatment options
available to treat sarcoidosis?

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5. Where can I find support?

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To learn more about sarcoidosis, please visit

chestnet.org/sarcoid

To learn more

about sarcoidosi
s, please visit

chestnet.org

/sarcoid