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The Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE)
in partnership with Georgetown University Hospital
is pleased to present videos from our OncTalk series panel discussion:

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  


 

GRACE would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of this program

 

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