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Lung Cancer Video Library - Spanish Language: Video #1 What is adjuvant chemotherapy for early stage NSCLC and why would it be recommended?

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.

Blood Cancers Video Library: Are Vaccines Dead in Lymphoma and CLL?

GRACE joined a number of top faculty in the area of hematology in Whistler BC, for the 3rd Annual Summit on Hematologic Malignancies. Joshua Brody, MD...

Blood Cancers Video Library: FCR vs BR – Is One Better?

GRACE joined a number of top faculty in the area of hematology in Whistler BC, for the 3rd Annual Summit on Hematologic Malignancies. Jennifer Brown...

Lung Cancer Video Library - Basics of Small Cell Lung Cancer

Dr. Rachel Sanborn, Providence Thoracic Oncology Program, discusses the topic of lung cancer and that there is an entire spectrum of different kinds...

Lung Cancer Video Library - Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Elderly and Frail Patients Part 2

Dr. Rachel Sanborn, Providence Thoracic Oncology Program, discusses using adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly and frail patients. What was seen in...

ARTICLES

Should Alecensa (Alectinib) be the new first line ALK inhibitor for ALK-positive NSCLC?

Probably the most immediate potentially practice-changing presentation from ASCO was the Japanese J-ALEX study in the subset of about 4-5% of patients...

Should Alecensa (Alectinib) be the new first line ALK inhibitor for ALK-positive NSCLC?

Probably the most immediate potentially practice-changing presentation from ASCO was the Japanese J-ALEX study in the subset of about 4-5% of patients...

Keytruda (Pembrolizumab) Beats Chemo as First Line Therapy for Patients with High Tumor Expression of PD-L1: Where are We Now?

It seemed inevitable, I think. Several immuntherapy agents known as PD-1 or PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors have been shown to lead to better survival...

Can “Local” Therapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer Alter the Path for Systemic Disease?

After completing my unpacking from ASCO and beginning to see a path of light as I dig out from under the backup of work that accumulated, I wanted to...

Divergent Paths for Tagrisso (Osimertinib) and Rociletinib for EGFR T790M Mutation-Positive NSCLC and Acquired Resistance: What Happened, and Where Are We Now?

For patients with an activating EGFR mutation and who develop “acquired resistance”, the pattern of progression that occurs after a sometimes long...

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Hello friends, My mom, (aged 77, Adenocarcinoma NSCLC, Stage 4, EGFR and ALK negative) was diagnosed in 2014, underwent VATS and pleurodesis, followed...
Stage IIIb ALK NSCLC first line treatment

This question is not for a specific patient, it is designed to understand how oncologists would approach this problem. There’s a 50 year old stage...

Why this forum / site changed to worse and when is it going to improve?

The forums now look like from the beginnings of the internet (now paragraphs, illogical structure, need to scroll all the time etc..) Are these things...

Tough decision between a whole brain radiation vs occipital craniotomy

My wife is experiencing a second time brain tumor recurrence. She had her first occipital craniotomy back in 2011. On late Oct 2013 she began to...

Tough decision between a whole brain radiation vs occipital craniotomy

My wife is experiencing a second time brain tumor recurrence. She had her first occipital craniotomy back in 2011. On late Oct 2013 she began to...

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Lung Cancer Video Library - Special Considerations for Lung Cancer Surgery in the Elderly

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Should older patients with lung cancer undergo surgery? What issues affect the probability of an elderly patients safely undergoing lung cancer surgery. Dr. Eric Vallières, thoracic surgeon, provides an expert perspective.

 

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Lung Cancer Video Library - What is the Role of Memantine for Neuroprotection During Whole Brain Irradiation?

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What is the role for the neuroprotective agent memantine in patients receiving whole brain radiation therapy for brain metastases? Dr. Vivek Mehta reviews current practices to minimize risk of cognitive problems.

 

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