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On August 20, 2016, in collaboration with the University of Colorado Cancer Center, GRACE presented the Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer Patient Forum in Aurora Colorado. We are happy to share the videos from this live and webcast forum. Our first video welcomes all to the event, and it was our extreme pleasure to have Chris Draft and Dr. Ross Camidge join us to start the day! This is followed by keynote topic "Does NED matter? Using “curative” surgery or radiation techniques to treat "incurable" advanced lung cancer," with Dr. Rob Meguid, and a panel discussion featuring Dr. Meguid, Dr. Chad Rusthoven, Dr. Ross Camidge, and chaired by Dr. H. Jack West.

For our third video in the GRACE Spanish Lung Cancer Library, Antonio Calles, MD, Medical Oncologist, Thoracic Oncology Program, Hospital General Universitario, Gregorio Marraron, Madrid, Spain joined GRACE to discuss how NSCLC subtype (histology) can alter chemotherapy recommendations in advanced NSCLC.

For our second video in the GRACE Spanish Lung Cancer Library, Antonio Calles, MD, Medical Oncologist, Thoracic Oncology Program, Hospital General Universitario, Gregorio Marraron, Madrid, Spain joined GRACE to discuss what is the value of chemotherapy in advanced/metastatic NSCLC.

All of us at the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education are very excited to introduce our newest project - the GRACE Spanish Lung Cancer Library. This collection of videos with our Spanish speaking faculty will discuss the basics of lung cancer for Spanish speaking patients and caregivers. For our first video, Antonio Calles, MD, Medical Oncologist, Thoracic Oncology Program, Hospital General Universitario, Gregorio Marraron, Madrid, Spain joined GRACE to discuss what is adjuvant chemotherapy for early stage NSCLC and why it would be recommended.

Among the many novel concepts in managing immunotherapy is the potential for “pseudo-progression”. This unusual phenomenon is when a patient’s scans of the areas of cancer actually appear worse on early imaging, potentially even with new lesions, after starting immunotherapy, but a patient’s scans later show shrinkage of the cancer.  These patients typically feel well, often with improvement in their cancer-related symptoms (fatigue, appetite, etc.) that don’t seem to be concordant with their worse-appearing scans.

Basics of Small Cell Lung Cancer

Rachel Sanborn, MD, Medical Oncologist and Co-Director

Dr. Rachel Sanborn, Providence Thoracic Oncology Program, discusses the reasons behind using adjuvant chemotherapy for early stage NSCLC  patients.  Clinical studies have shown that adding chemotherapy after surgery for lung cancer can indeed improve survival. 

GRACE is happy to present the 7th 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 Immuno-oncology developments: combinations and use as first line therapy.