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Dr. Jack West is a medical oncologist and thoracic oncology specialist, and Executive Director of Employer Services at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, CA.

2020 TTF WEST AM Session - Challenges in Molecular Diagnosis: The Need to Do More Testing
Tue, 01/12/2021 - 17:02
Targeted Therapies Patient Forum 2020, AM Session - Dr. H. Jack West - Challenges in Molecular Diagnosis: The Need to Do More Testing
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Howard (Jack) West, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Medical Oncology, Executive Director, Employer Services, Founder, President and CEO of GRACE
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We are excited to be able 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.

Access to the full agenda can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10sk1Are37fCIHcc6laD6lh9m_DjLF1ZX/view?usp=sharing. Full bios for attending faculty can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EQEmBpOI-vNIywsFPEIhizql_Xnzjcf5-muanxKpUFI/edit?usp=sharing.

 

In this video from the AM Session of the event, Dr. H. Jack West discusses current challenges in molecular diagnosis, and the need to do more testing.

 

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

 

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

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