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STK11, KEAP as Targets, What Are They, and Should Results Enter Into Clinical Decision Making
We are excited to share with you more videos from a recent series of discussions between Drs. Howard (Jack) West, MD, Associate Clinical Professor,...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Targeted Therapy
Lurbinectedin - How Promising is This for Relapsed SCLC
We are excited to share with you more videos from a recent series of discussions between Drs. Howard (Jack) West, MD, Associate Clinical Professor,...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer
Stage IV NSCLC and New Targets: RET
We are excited to share with you more videos from a recent series of discussions between Drs. Howard (Jack) West, MD, Associate Clinical Professor,...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Targeted Therapy
Stage IV NSCLC and New Targets: MET
We are excited to share with you more videos from a recent series of discussions between Drs. Howard (Jack) West, MD, Associate Clinical Professor,...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Targeted Therapy
Long Term Outcomes with Pembrolizumab
We are excited to share with you more videos from a recent series of discussions between Drs. Howard (Jack) West, MD, Associate Clinical Professor,...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Immunotherapies

Articles

Options for Managing Recurrent Pleural Effusions
From the Grace Archives | Originally Published March 18, 2007 | By Dr. West Between 7 and 15% of patients with lung cancer develop a malignant...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Surgical
Part 1: Lung Cancer Isn’t Your Fault, Even If You Smoked
From the Grace Archives | Originally Published November 12, 2014 | By Dr. Weiss | Leave a comment Smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer; 85...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment, In Remission, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer
Aiming Big: Five Recommended Shifts in Attitude & Societal Priorities for Improving Cancer Care in the US
From the Grace Archives | Originally Published May 30, 2011 | By Dr West | 3 Comments In my last post , I described a recent piece in the NEJM that...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment, In Remission, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Bladder Cancer, Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Melanoma, Blood Cancers, Head and Neck Cancer
Disease Learning:
Bladder Cancer, Breast Cancer, Melanoma, General Lung Cancer, General Blood Cancer, General Head and Neck Cancer
Mutations, expression, and genes, oh my…
Published June 21, 2011 | By Dr Goodgame | 3 Comments The most exciting breakthroughs these days in cancer treatment are the identification of drugs...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment, In Remission
Cancer Type:
Bladder Cancer, Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Melanoma, Blood Cancers, Head and Neck Cancer
Disease Learning:
Bladder Cancer, Breast Cancer, Melanoma, General Lung Cancer, General Blood Cancer, General Head and Neck Cancer
Thresholds of Deviation (from the Standard of Care)
From the Grace Archives | Originally Published April 9, 2010 | By Dr West | 2 Comments We talk a lot here about the strength of the evidence and the...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment, In Remission, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Bladder Cancer, Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Melanoma, Blood Cancers, Head and Neck Cancer
Disease Learning:
Bladder Cancer, Breast Cancer, Melanoma, General Lung Cancer, General Blood Cancer, General Head and Neck Cancer

Community Forum

Local Therapies for Metastatic Lung Cancer Who, What, Why, When and How?
Hi Grace Members, Grace is happy to present in partnership with the Swedish Cancer Institute " Local Therapies for Metastatic Lung Cancer Who,...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Lung Cancer, Drugs, Targeted Therapies – ALK, Targeted Therapies - EGFR, Targeted Therapies – ROS1, Procedures & Treatments, Chemotherapy, Tumor Marker Tests, Targeted Therapy, Investigational Agents, Immunotherapies, Radiation Therapy, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Progression on Tarceva - T790m negative
Progression after 3 1/2 years on Tarceva. Tissue biopsy showed T790m negative. Any suggestions/experience on next steps? Onc suggesting I move to Afatinib or a Opdivo. PDL1 was tested and is <1%.
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Lung Cancer, General Lung Cancer, Targeted Therapies - EGFR, Targeted Therapy, Molecular Testing, Immunotherapies, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Keytruda for Adenocarcinoma (NSCLC), first PET-CT result
Hello friends, My mom, (aged 77, Adenocarcinoma NSCLC, Stage 4, EGFR and ALK negative) was diagnosed in 2014, underwent VATS and pleurodesis,...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Lung Cancer, General Lung Cancer, Immunotherapies, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Targeted Therapies – ALK, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Lung Cancer, General Lung Cancer, Symptoms, Pain Medication, Procedures & Treatments, Maintenance Therapy, Radiation Therapy, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer