Drs. H. Jack West, Joan Schiller, and Isabel Preeshagul gathered this past year (virtually) to review information presented at ASCO and ESMO 2021, regarding patients dealing with a Lung Cancer diagnosis. For this series, the doctors discuss new trials for patients with NSCLC and SCLC. The video discussions cover the following topics: IMpower010: Atezolizumab after Chemo in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Surgical Outcomes and Checkmate 816: Addition of Nivolumab in Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung...
Drs. H. Jack West, Joan Schiller, and Isabel Preeshagul gathered (virtually) to review information presented at ASCO and ESMO for 2021. For this series, the doctors discuss new trials for patients with NSCLC. In this video, the doctors discuss IMpower010, and Adjuvant Atezolizumab After Chemotherapy in Resected Stage I-IIIA NSCLC.
What Is Precision Medicine? Many people I speak with are not familiar with the term “precision medicine” (sometimes referred to as “personalized medicine”). In recent years this field has come to the forefront of medicine, particularly in treating diseases such as cancer. Precision medicine offers the promise of customized healthcare to patients, based on an individual’s genetics, environment, and lifestyle. This article gives a high-level introduction to precision medicine. The Precision...
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Challenges and Issues the LGBTQ Community Face with CancerThe LGBTQ community celebrated Pride month in June, and, despite the ongoing pandemic, Pride month rallied on with its message of awareness and acceptance of individuals from the LGBTQ community. Often heteronormative ideals assume struggles of the LGBTQ community are limited to denial of freedom to be who they are. And it definitely is the biggest challenge they face; however, it is not the only one. Heterosexual society may assume the...
GRACE has partnered with Lilly Oncology for the REThink Testing Campaign for Lung Cancer Awareness Month BRIDGING The Biomarker Gaps More than 1.8 million Americans will face a new cancer diagnosis this year. Each of these cases is unique. Biomarker testing gives you more knowledge and helps empower well-informed treatment decisions. For Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we have partnered with Lilly Oncology to help spread the word and education about biomarker testing, and the important role it...
Dr. Rafeh Naqash, one of the participants in the GRACE Patient Education Ambassador Program, shares a fantastic video series on understanding clinical trials. For this series, Dr. Naqash speaks with Ivy Elkins, Patient Advocate and Lung Cancer Survivor and founder of the EGFR Resisters Patient Group, (https://egfrcancer.org/founders/) and Fumiko Chino, MD, a Radiation Oncologist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/fumiko-chino). In these videos...