GRACE is very pleased to introduce a community outreach program. The goal of this program is to bring patient education events into the community for interactive discussions of cancer topics with oncology experts.  In addition to GRACE events, this page will list other community patient education events where GRACE faculty are speaking.

Upcoming education events:

The Evolving Role of Molecular Markers in Managing Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer webinar

GRACE Faculty member, Dr. Nathan Pennell, will present a talk with slides on “The Evolving Role of Molecular Markers in Managing Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”, to be followed by a question and answer session.

This event will cover the highlights of ongoing work on EGFR testing, K-Ras mutations, EML4-ALK, and also some coverage of potential markers of activity for standard chemotherapy agents.

This webinar is made possible by support from an unrestricted educational grant from Response Genetics. 

Registration is free.   Click here to Register.

Date: Wednesday, January 20th
Time: 8 PM EST/5 PM PST

Lung Cancer Case-Based Round Table Discussion with the Experts

Please join GRACE for a web broadcast case-based round table discussion with the experts on lung cancer.  The session will include discussion of real cases including slides and images that will provide points for discussion and debate among the speakers.

The cases/topics to be discussed:

1) A 62 year-old woman with poorly differentiated NSCLC, presenting with disease barely outside of the range typically treated with chemo and radiation concurrently.

2) A 51 year-old woman with extensive SCLC who had an excellent response to initial chemotherapy, now interested in consolidation chest radiation and prophylactic cranial irradiation.

3) A 29 year old never-smoker with adenocarcinoma, now responding on platinum-based chemo and Avastin. EGFR mutation test returns as positive for exon 19 deletion.

Speakers:

Dr. Juli Brahmer
Assitant Professor, Medical Oncologist
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Gregory Riely
Assistant Professor, Medical Oncologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Jack West
Medical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program
Swedish Cancer Institute
President & CEO, Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE)

Registration is free. Click here to register.

Date: Wednesday, January 27th

Time: 8 pm EST/5 pm PST