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2017 Advances in Immunotherapy: What Lung Cancer Patients Need to Know

How does immunotherapy work? Presented by Alex Spira, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P. Virginia Cancer Specialists

Who should get immunotherapy for lung cancer? Presented by Benjamin Levy, MD Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital

What are the side effects? Presented by Stephen Liu, MD Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Hospital
Navigating clinical trials? Panel discussion
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Dr. Singhi's reprise about appropriate treatment, "Right patient, right time, right team".
An antibody–drug conjugate (ADC) works a bit like a Trojan horse. It has three main components:
Bispecifics, or bispecific antibodies, are advanced immunotherapy drugs engineered to have two binding sites, allowing them to latch onto two different targets simultaneously, like a cancer cell and a T-cell, effectively...
The prefix “oligo–” means few. Oligometastatic (at diagnosis) Oligoprogression (during treatment)
There will be a discussion, “Studies in Oligometastatic NSCLC: Current Data and Definitions,” which will focus on what we...
Radiation therapy is primarily a localized treatment, meaning it precisely targets a specific tumor or area of the body, unlike systemic treatments (like chemotherapy) that affect the whole body.
The...
Biomarkers are genetic mutations (like EGFR, ALK, KRAS, BRAF) or protein levels (like PD-L1) in tumor cells that help guide personalized treatment, especially NSCLC, directing patients to targeted therapies or immunotherapies...
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A Brief Tornado. I love the analogy Dr. Antonoff gave us to describe her presentation. I felt it earlier too and am looking forward to going back for deeper dive.