Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy: Common Side Effects What is Immune Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy and how does it work? Immune based therapies treat a person’s cancer by enhancing the immune cells in our bodies, which fight and kill off bacterial and viral infections in the normal course, to kill a person's tumor cells. Immune cells can be allowed to do this by turning off a signal tumor cells give to the immune system to not target the tumor. This signal is called PD-L1, (programmed death...

For this round of case based panel discussions, Dr. Jack West is joined by Drs. Jonathan Riess and Suki Padda. Jonathan W. Riess, MD MS is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Sukhmani Padda MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology) at the Stanford University Medical Center. The doctors discuss a series of cases related to a diagnosis of ALK Positive NSCLC. In this video, they discuss developing resistance to Alk...

For this round of case based panel discussions, Dr. Jack West is joined by Drs. Jonathan Riess and Suki Padda. Jonathan W. Riess, MD MS is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Sukhmani Padda MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology) at the Stanford University Medical Center. The doctors discuss a series of cases related to a diagnosis of ALK Positive NSCLC. In this video, the discussion is regarding a patient with...

For this round of case based panel discussions, Dr. Jack West is joined by Drs. Jonathan Riess and Suki Padda. Jonathan W. Riess, MD MS is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Sukhmani Padda MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology) at the Stanford University Medical Center. The doctors discuss a series of cases related to a diagnosis of ALK Positive NSCLC. In this video, the discussion is surrounding what the...

GRACE is excited to bring to our Spanish speaking community - Cancer Basics Narjust (N.J.) Duma, MD, Assistant Professor and Thoracic Oncologist with the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, provides us with more information for our Latino community. In this video Dr. Duma speaks with Enrique Soto Pérez de Celis, MD, a Medical Oncologist / Oncólogo Médico with the Department of Geriatrics / Oncología Geriátrica at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Salvador Zubirán...

Copay Accumulators and Copay Maximizers Copay accumulators and copay maximizers have gotten a lot of press lately, mostly bad press. I wanted to take the opportunity to provide some background on what this means for those with insurance plans that utilize this method of cost containment. The problem: Drug manufacturers and third party funding programs offer copay assistance funds when the costs are too high on certain medications, insurance companies that utilize a copay accumulator or copay...

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 unresectable NSCLC. Dr. Millie Das specializes in the treatment of thoracic malignancies. She sees and treats patients both at the Stanford Cancer Center and at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. She is Chief of Oncology at the Palo Alto VA and also leads the VA thoracic tumor board on a biweekly basis. Dr. Matthew Gubens is a thoracic oncologist who treats...

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 unresectable NSCLC. Dr. Millie Das specializes in the treatment of thoracic malignancies. She sees and treats patients both at the Stanford Cancer Center and at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. She is Chief of Oncology at the Palo Alto VA and also leads the VA thoracic tumor board on a biweekly basis. Dr. Matthew Gubens is a thoracic oncologist who treats...

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 unresectable NSCLC. Dr. Millie Das specializes in the treatment of thoracic malignancies. She sees and treats patients both at the Stanford Cancer Center and at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. She is Chief of Oncology at the Palo Alto VA and also leads the VA thoracic tumor board on a biweekly basis. Dr. Matthew Gubens is a thoracic oncologist who treats...