Basic Cancer Info

Dr. Rosalyn Juergens, McMaster University, addresses the question of whether to obtain molecular marker results in patients with early stage lung cancer and what to do with that information if it is available for potential use in the adjuvant setting.

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Dr. Greg Riely, from Memorial Sloan-Kettering, reviews his thought process in recommending a repeat biopsy at initial diagnosis or after progression for patients with advanced lung cancer.

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Drs. Ross Camidge and Corey Langer give their views on more widespread availability of new mutation tests.

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Dr. Phil Bonomi, from Rush University, provides his perspective on the likelihood that molecular oncology principles and targeted therapies will become more broadly applicable for patients with squamous and other lung cancer subtypes.

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Dr. Karen Kelly of the University of California, Davis, provides her view on the targeted therapy approaches most likely to become clinically useful in lung cancer over the next several years.

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Dr. David Spigel from Sarah Cannon Cancer Center in Nashville, TN expresses his practice pattern for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who would need a repeat biopsy to obtain sufficient tissue to perform molecular marker testing.

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Dr. Sarah Goldberg from Yale Cancer Center describes the methods she uses to obtain tissue samples for molecular testing.

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Dr. Lecia Sequist of Massachusetts General Hospital offers her insights on how to approach a patient with gradual progression in a single site, especially in the brain, or more multifocal progression after a good initial response to a targeted agent for lung cancer.

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Dr. Rosalyn Juergens, McMaster University, offers her view on the best way to approach the common scenario of an EGFR mutation or other "driver mutation" being identified after a patient is already on first line chemotherapy. When should we switch from one treatment to another?

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Dr. Ravi Salgia from University of Chicago describes which patients with advanced NSCLC he seeks molecular marker testing on, and the particular markers he prioritizes.

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