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Dr. Jared Weiss is an Associate Professor of Clinical Research for Hematology/Oncology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC. He completed fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania and residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. He received his Doctor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT and his B.S. in neuroscience at Brown University, in Providence, RI.

2020 TTF EGFR SESSION QA PANEL SRT with Osimertinib (Tagrisso) First Line, Stable Disease
EGFR Session Question & Answer Panel -
Using Stereotactic Radio Therapy (SRT) with Osimertinib (Tagrisso) First Line or During Stable Disease
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We continue to present final videos from this highly anticipated annual event, the 2020 Targeted Therapies Patient Forum.

This year's live-online presentations and discussions were launched by our Event Chair, Luis E. Raez, MD FACP FCCP, Member of the GRACE Board of Directors, President of the Florida Society of Clinical Oncology (FLASCO), and Chief Scientific Officer & Medical Director at Memorial Cancer Institute.

This day-long event featured top oncologists in their field, presenting the most current and emerging information in targeted therapies for patients and caregivers living with lung cancer.

In this video from the EGFR Breakout Session, Drs. Jared Weiss and Zofia Piotrowska answer questions from attendees of the event.

For this video, the docs discuss using stereotactic radio therapy with (SRT) with Osimertinib (Tagrisso) for first line or during stable disease.

 

We thank our sponsors for their support of this event! AstraZeneca, Lilly, Novartis, Takeda, Foundation Medicine, Boehringer Ingelheim, Blueprint Medicines and Genentech

Access to the full agenda can be found here: https://bit.ly/39131em

Full bios for attending faculty can be found here: https://bit.ly/2M0FVLH

 

To join the conversation, visit https://cancergrace.org/forum.

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