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Case Based Panel Discussion - Stage 3 NSCLC Best Schedule - Durvalumab/Imfinzi in Varying Patients

Dr. Jack West recently had the privilege to spend time with Drs. Millie Das and Matthew Gubens for a series of case-based discussions regarding...

Case Based Panel Discussion - Stage 3 NSCLC Patient with PDL1 Score of 0, Is Immunotherapy Beneficial?

Dr. Jack West recently had the privilege to spend time with Drs. Millie Das and Matthew Gubens for a series of case-based discussions regarding...

Case Based Panel Discussion - Stage 3 NSCLC Treatment Standard and the Risk of Potential Pneumonitis

Dr. Jack West recently had the privilege to spend time with Drs. Millie Das and Matthew Gubens for a series of case-based discussions regarding...

Case Based Panel Discussion Stage 3 NSCLC - Does Timing of Treatment Make a Difference in Response

Dr. Jack West recently had the privilege to spend time with Drs. Millie Das and Matthew Gubens for a series of case-based discussions regarding...

Case Based Panel Discussion - Unresectable NSCLC, In a Frail Patient with Competing Risks, Is the Standard Treatment the Best Approach?

Dr. Jack West recently had the privilege to spend time with Drs. Millie Das and Matthew Gubens for a series of case-based discussions regarding...

ARTICLES

Treating Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma by Not Over-Treating It: What the Experts Really Do (and Don’t Do)
From the Grace Archives | Originally Published January 20, 2013 | By Dr West | 30 Comments I’m completing a chapter in a key lung cancer textbook on...
Treating Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma by Not Over-Treating It: What the Experts Really Do (and Don’t Do)
From the Grace Archives | Originally Published January 20, 2013 | By Dr West | 30 Comments I’m completing a chapter in a key lung cancer textbook on...
Is Palliative Care “Giving Up”? No, It Can Actually Improve Both Quality of Life AND Survival

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published July 30, 2010 | By Dr West | 13 Comments GRACE member and forum moderator Catharine started a forum...

The Black Box: Early Palliative Care in Metastatic NSCLC
Published October 12, 2011 | By Dr Harman | 5 Comments In 2010, the world of lung cancer, and cancer in general, was abuzz with an intervention that...
The Black Box: Early Palliative Care in Metastatic NSCLC
Published October 12, 2011 | By Dr Harman | 5 Comments In 2010, the world of lung cancer, and cancer in general, was abuzz with an intervention that...

COMMUNITY FORUM

Metastatic Melanoma-Combination immunotherapy vs. monotherapy
In this video, Dr. McKean discusses combination immunotherapy vs. monotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma. Download Transcript Here Meredith McKean MD...
poorly differentiated carcinoma
Hi Please can someone help. We have just been told my brother Bill has poorly differentiated carcinoma stage 4. He is 31 years old. He has no...
2020 TTF AM SESSION Q&A Panel - The Role of Liquid Biopsies
In this video from the AM Question and Answer Session of the event, Drs. West, Raez, Weiss and Janne discuss the role of liquid biopsies to track...
ASCO/ESMO 2020 Debio 1143/ Xevinapant Study Update
Here's another end of year review of new data. Watch out, it's hopeful! "Debio/ Xevinapant Study Update What Have We Learned About Debio 1143...
ASCO/ESMO 2020 - KEYNOTE 048 Study Update, What Have We Learned?
Here's a new head and neck cancer video. Not only can't I say enough about how much I appreciate learning about new findings but they speak about the...

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BRCA Mutations What does it Mean When Choosing My Treatment - Litton

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GRACE and PRIME Oncology have partnered to present to you information from the prIME Oncology satellite symposium held in conjunction with the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

In the following series of videos, faculty discuss therapeutic options for triple-negative breast cancer. Topics discussed include the biology of triple-negative breast cancer, current treatment options, novel targeted treatments, PARP inhibitors, and immunotherapy.  

Catching Your Breath

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General Lung/Thoracic Cancer

This is an article from an older version of Grace:

Catching Your Breath

Published February 17, 2012 | By Dr. Harman

I joined GRACE as a caregiver for my husband who had a Pancoast tumor, NSCLC stage III in 2009. He had curative chemo/rads then it was believed he had a recurrence in the spine/oligometastasis that was radiated. He's 10 years out from treatment.

To stop Tarceva due to ground ground glass opacity , short of breath and cough

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Stage IV NSCLC

My GGO was not resolved after been on antibiotic and 30 mg of prednisone for a week. I have cough and shortness of breath. My pulmonologist thinks about 3 reasons: tarceva toxicity, cancer related lymphangitis ( cancer cells blocking lymph vessels) or fungal bacretial infection.  Bronchoscopy cant be done because my condition with lack of oxygen. So the plan is to stop tarceva for 1-2 weeks and keep 40 mg of prednisone to see how it will affect my breathing . I really worry about this break.

Treatment Choices From 5 Experts for Unresectable Locally Advanced and Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Did you recently receive a diagnosis of non small cell lung cancer?

GRACE has partnered with Clinical Care Options to develop an interactive online tool to help you understand more about your disease and treatment options. Answer a series of multiple-choice questions and then get treatment options chosen by the 5 lung cancer experts listed below.

Progressed with Tarceva after 9 months. New mutations: l858r and MET H1112R please help with the choice of treatment.

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Stage IV NSCLC

Dear Doctors, could you please help me with the right treatment for newly detected mutation by blood biopsy. This is MET , exon 16, H1112R mutation in combination with my existing one which is exon 21, l858r. It has been reported that those two mutations exist in equal amounts. 

Cancer Myths in the Latino Community - 3 Myths About Breast Cancer

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GRACE is excited to bring to our Spanish speaking community a new series on Cancer Myths

Our friend and partner, Narjust (N.J.) Duma, MD is a Chief Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Duma is committed to her research and advocacy in diversity and inclusion. She was recognized as the 2018 resident of the year by the National Hispanic Medical Association.

N.J. speaks to cancer myths in the Latino community, and in this video N.J. discusses 3 common myths about breast cancer.  Stay tuned for more great videos!

Cancer Myths in the Latino Community - Introduction

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GRACE is excited to bring to our Spanish speaking community a new series on Cancer Myths

Our friend and partner, Narjust (N.J.) Duma, MD is a Chief Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Duma is committed to her research and advocacy in diversity and inclusion. She was recognized as the 2018 resident of the year by the National Hispanic Medical Association.

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