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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)

 

Video Presentation on Timing of Chemo after First Line for Advanced NSCLC
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Howard (Jack) West, MD

With special thanks to Harvey and Bernice Janssen for providing support to make it possible, I'm pleased to post a new video presentation on the topic of Timing the Transition to Maintenance/Second Line Chemotherapy for Advanced NSCLC. We can expect new information to emerge in the coming months and years, but here is the current snapshot of what we know, along with a little describing what I think (noted as such), about this important topic today.

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For those accessing the audio only version (mp3), the accompanying figures are here, as well as a transcript:

Timing Maint Second Line Chemo Figures

Timing Maint Second Line Chemo Transcript

I hope you find it helpful.

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