FAQs About Cancer

GRACE is excited to bring to our Spanish speaking community a new series on Cancer Myths

Our friend and partner, Narjust (N.J.) Duma, MD is a Chief Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Duma is committed to her research and advocacy in diversity and inclusion. She was recognized as the 2018 resident of the year by the National Hispanic Medical Association.

N.J. speaks to cancer myths in the Latino community, and in this video N.J. discusses Alternative Medicine in Cancer.  Stay tuned for more great videos!

GRACE is excited to bring to our Spanish speaking community a new series on Cancer Myths

Our friend and partner, Narjust (N.J.) Duma, MD is a Chief Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Duma is committed to her research and advocacy in diversity and inclusion. She was recognized as the 2018 resident of the year by the National Hispanic Medical Association.

N.J. speaks to cancer myths in the Latino community, and in this video N.J. discusses 3 common myths about breast cancer.  Stay tuned for more great videos!

GRACE is excited to bring to our Spanish speaking community a new series on Cancer Myths

Our friend and partner, Narjust (N.J.) Duma, MD is a Chief Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Duma is committed to her research and advocacy in diversity and inclusion. She was recognized as the 2018 resident of the year by the National Hispanic Medical Association.

The Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE), presents Molecular Diagnostic Testing and Next Generation Sequencing in Lung Cancer webinar series.

The following content is offered by the moderators and is adapted from text that appears in several different posts and discussion threads on this topic.

PET stands for “positron emission tomography”, and a PET scan is a procedure designed to identify abnormal cellular activity that might indicate cancer. A prominent use for the PET scan (or combination PET/CT) is in achieving accurate staging of cancer.

Nathan Pennell, MD, PhD , Director of Lung Cancer Medical Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center in Cleveland Ohio discusses Liquid Biopsies for Broad Genomic Testing in Lung Cancer.

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Jack West, MD, President and CEO of GRACE provides updates to our Lung Cancer Video Library. In this recent video, Dr. West discusses optimal follow up for patients after resection of an early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).