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Dr. Jack West is a medical oncologist and thoracic oncology specialist who is the Founder and previously served as President & CEO, currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE)

 

ASCO 2016 - Urine or Blood Testing Instead of Lung Biopsy Shows Promise for Finding EGFR Mutations
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Howard (Jack) West, MD

GRACE is happy to present the 3rd in our series ASCO 2016 Lung Cancer Roundtable, Highlights and New Approaches in Lung Cancer.  Featuring Jack West, MD, Janet Freeman-Daily, Everett Vokes, MD, and Suresh Ramalingam, MD, this roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. West, highlights the newest and most intriguing discussions from ASCO 2016.

Drs. West, Vokes and Ramalingam, along with patient advocate Janet Freeman-Daily, discuss the subject of utilizing urine or blood testing instead of lung biopsies and showing promise for finding EGFR mutations.  

 


GRACE would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of this program

 

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