Lung Cancer Free

01/24/2025

💬 "If you think a double-lung transplant for cancer sounds too good to be true, we get it. We thought so too."

Keith and Lori faced the unthinkable: a stage IV lung cancer diagnosis. They questioned everything—including whether a double-lung transplant was even real.

Dr. Ankit Bharat, who performed Keith's surgery, reflects on this groundbreaking approach:

"Despite the high odds of cancer recurrence due to the profound immunosuppression required post-transplant, his continued remission challenges the inevitability of relapse in stage four cancer."

Today, Keith is cancer-free.
Their journey is proof that hope and miracles can change everything.

📖 In Lung Cancer Free: One Couple’s Journey Through a “Lungs in a Box” Double Lung Transplant, they share the honest truth about how they defied the odds.

👉 Click the link to learn more and get your copy now: https://www.lungcancerfree.com

12/23/2024

It still doesn't even seem possible... when your husband goes in for surgery at noon, his lungs filled with cancer, and comes out that evening entirely cancer free, you know that miracles are real.

The work they are doing in medical science to cure stage four cancer with transplantation is remarkable. To learn more and read our real-life fairytale come true, check out https://www.lungcancerfree.com

12/20/2024

SUCH an exciting day yesterday - we recorded the preface of the audiobook for Lung Cancer Free with Dr. Ankit Bharat in Chicago! It is our hope and intention that this story will reach millions and save lives around the world. The work Dr. Bharat and his team are doing at Northwestern is remarkable. If you or anyone you love is struggling with stage four lung cancer, you owe it to yourself to pursue all options and available treatments. Don't give up - your miracle may be just around the corner, as ours was when we were almost out of time.

Learn more and get the book here: https://www.lungcancerfree.com

12/19/2024

We're thrilled to announce that we're putting the final touches on the audiobook version of our story. We pretty much cried through the entire thing... and Dr. Bharat is recording his remarkable preface this morning. If you or someone you know is battling lung cancer, we know his words will give you hope, too. The work they are doing at Northwestern is remarkable and the advances they are making are progressing at incredible speed. You just never know when your miracle might be right around the corner. Do not give up hope. This is Keith (more than one year post-transplant and still cancer-free with Dr. Ankit Bharat, his surgeon.

12/14/2024

We are thrilled to announce that our new book, Lung Cancer Free, was just released today!!! We were interviewed by Lex 18 News yesterday to share our story.

This book documents our journey from my husband Keith's initial lung cancer diagnosis to having stage four lung cancer and almost dying... to receiving a life-saving double lung transplant one year later.

Share this post with anyone who is battling lung cancer or who knows someone who is - because even though it feels like there may be no hope, know that your miracle may be just around the corner, just like it was for us.

You can purchase the book and learn more at https://www.lungcancerfree.com

https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/cancer-survivors-wife-writes-book-chronicling-life-saving-lungs-in-a-box-technology

Keith Zafren is going on a year and a half cancer free, and his wife Lori has written a book to help other families navigate lung cancer.