Dr. Gerard Silvestri, Medical University of South Carolina, describes some of the typical presenting symptoms of lung cancer.
Dr. Nathan Pennell, Cleveland Clinic, evaluates chemotherapy sensitivity assays, describing the difficulties inherent in predicting response to chemotherapy agents.
Dr. Nathan Pennell, Cleveland Clinic, describes treatment of NSCLC patients with HER2 mutations using agents such as Gilotrif or Herceptin.
Dr. Nathan Pennell, Cleveland Clinic, discusses acquired resistance to Xalkori in ALK-positive patients, and second generation inhibitors designed to overcome that resistance, such as Zykadia and alectinib.
Dr. Nathan Pennell, Cleveland Clinic, describes other options for treatment of acquired resistance, including chemotherapy, ablation with SBRT and a combination of Gilotrif and Erbitux.
Dr. David Spigel from Sarah Cannon Cancer Center in Nashville, TN expresses his practice pattern for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer...
Dr. Sarah Goldberg from Yale Cancer Center describes the methods she uses to obtain tissue samples for molecular testing. [powerpress]
Dr. Lecia Sequist of Massachusetts General Hospital offers her insights on how to approach a patient with gradual progression in a single site...
Dr. Rosalyn Juergens, McMaster University, offers her view on the best way to approach the common scenario of an EGFR mutation or other "driver...
Dr. Ravi Salgia from University of Chicago describes which patients with advanced NSCLC he seeks molecular marker testing on, and the particular...
Hi all, my mom had RUL lobectomy in September, 2017 and finally finished adjuvant chemo last week. At the last meeting with her oncologist, he...
Hi all, my mom had RUL lobectomy in September, 2017 and finally finished adjuvant chemo last week. At the last meeting with her oncologist, he...
My pulmonologist ordered a PET Scan because of 12mm and 8mm nodules that showed on a CAT scan. He then called and said "PET came back im going to get...
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