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For this series of case based panel discussions, Dr. Benjamin Levy is joined by Dr. Stephen Liu and Dr. Julie Brahmer to discuss treatment for specific cases in Lung Cancer.
Dr. Levy is Associate Professor of Oncology and Clinical Director of Medical Oncology and Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital, and sits on the board of GRACE. Dr. Liu is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Thoracic Oncology and Director of Developmental Therapeutics at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Julie Brahmer is Director of the Thoracic Oncology Program and Professor of Oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.
For this series, the doctors review cases related to non small cell lung cancer.
In this video, the case discussion is regarding a 74 year old male with stage lV alk positive non small cell lung cancer with brain metastasis. The panel also reviews the outcomes of genomic profiling: FISH testing vs NGS.
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