In Treatment

Let me start by saying that I'm a fan of the immune checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and consider it the new standard of care as a single agent (monotherapy) first line treatment for the subset of about 28-30% of patients with advanced NSCLC, either squamous or non-squamous, whose cancers have high level expression

For our 19th video in the GRACE Spanish Lung Cancer Library, Dr. Brian Hunis, joined GRACE to discuss the basics of Lung Cancer for Spanish-speaking patients and caregivers. In this video Dr. Hunis discusses second line therapy for NSCLC patients who are ALK positive.

For our 18th video in the GRACE Spanish Lung Cancer Library, Brian Hunis, MD joined GRACE to discuss acquired resistance to targeted therapies: biology and different clinical patterns.

For our 17th video in the GRACE Spanish Lung Cancer Library, Brian Hunis, MD joined GRACE to discuss first line therapy for NSCLC patients that have anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) positive.

On November 4th, 2016, in collaboration with UNC Lineberger and Lung Cancer Initiative of NC, GRACE presented 'Not Your Father's Squamous Lung Cancer'. Our last presentation discusses supportive care for patients, with Amber Procter, PharmD, and Jason Akulian, MD.

On November 4th, 2016, in collaboration with UNC Lineberger and Lung Cancer Initiative of NC, GRACE presented 'Not Your Father's Squamous Lung Cancer'. Our third presentation discusses future directions in treatment, with Chad Pecot, MD.

For our 16th video in the GRACE Spanish Lung Cancer Library, Brian Hunis, MD joined GRACE to discuss ALK rearrangements, what they are who has them.

On November 4th, 2016, in collaboration with UNC Lineberger and Lung Cancer Initiative of NC, GRACE presented 'Not Your Father's Squamous Lung Cancer'. In this 2nd video of the series, Jared Weiss, MD joins us to discuss currently available treatment options.

For our 15th video in the GRACE Spanish Lung Cancer Library, Brian Hunis, MD joined GRACE to discuss treating later stage small cell lung cancer.

On November 4th, 2016, in collaboration with UNC Lineberger and Lung Cancer Initiative of NC, GRACE presented 'Not Your Father's Squamous Lung Cancer'. In this first video of the series, Dr. Chad Pecot, MD joins us to discuss 'What is squamous lung cancer?'