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Video Library

GRACE and CCO Partnership - Information for a Diagnosis of Advanced NSCLC
In partnership with Clinical Care Options, GRACE Founder and President H. Jack West, MD provides this informational video regarding immunotherapy for...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Immunotherapies, 3rd Line and beyond
Cancer Basics ~ Patient Interviews ~ Julia Maues (Portuguese)
Narjust Duma, MD, Assistant Professor and Thoracic Oncologist at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center interviews Julia Maues, breast...
Cancer Journey:
Cancer Type:
Breast Cancer
Disease Learning:
Breast Cancer
Case Based Panel Discussion - EGFR - Exon 20 Mutation, Treatment, Targeted Therapy, Clinical Trials
For this round of case based panel discussions, Dr. Jack West is joined by Drs. Heather Wakelee and Caroline McCoach. Dr. Wakelee is Professor of...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Clinical Trials, Targeted Therapy
Case Based Panel Discussion 2019 - Progression Post ALK Inhibitor - Role For Combination Therapies?
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...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Immunotherapies
Case Based Panel Discussion - 2019 ALK Positive, Progression after Success on ALK Inhibitor
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...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy

Articles

The Black Box: Early Palliative Care in Metastatic NSCLC
Published October 12, 2011 | By Dr Harman | 5 Comments In 2010, the world of lung cancer, and cancer in general, was abuzz with an intervention that...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer
Why Not Palliative Care? Some thoughts on resistance…
From the Grace Archives | Originally Published October 26, 2011 | By Dr Harman | 14 Comments I consider GRACErs a very enlightened bunch regarding of...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment
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
Register Now for OncTalk 2019, Controversies in Managing NSCLC
Don't forget to register and join us Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 8:30 AM OncTalk 2019 - Controversies in Managing NSCLC - Connecting Patients to...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment, In Remission, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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

Community Forum

Adrenal metastasis from NSCLC
Greetings all, I'm a medical doctor from Vietnam. I want to discuss to you about my patient. He is 58 years old, he is hospitalize with chronic...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Lung Cancer, Chemo Medication, Chemotherapy, First-line treatment
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