Colorado lung cancer doctor reveals his own diagnosis to help others

For more than two decades, Dr. Ross Camidge has been a leading voice in lung cancer research, helping thousands of patients around the world defy the odds. Now, the internationally recognized oncologist is sharing his own diagnosis in hopes of changing how the disease is perceived.

Camidge, director of the lung cancer program at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, has spent much of his career developing targeted therapies and studying the disease's progression. He's known for helping patients live longer, fuller lives -- some for decades after diagnosis.

Dr. Ross Camidge shows an X-ray to CBS Colorado's Kelly Werthmann. CBS

"I have people who are in their 20s when they're diagnosed, and they're now in their 50s," Camidge said.

But now, some of the scans Camidge now studies are