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Howard (Jack) West, MD
Howard Jack West, MD, Founder, Board President

Dr. Jack West is a medical oncologist and thoracic oncology specialist who is the Founder and previously served as President & CEO, currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE)

 

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ASCO 2018 Roundtable - Lung Cancer - Keynote189 - Cisplatin or Carboplatin with Alimta & Keytruda - Is this a Practice Changing Approach?
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Howard (Jack) West, MD

Drs. H. Jack West, Medical Director - Thoracic Oncology Program at Swedish Cancer Institute, President and CEO of GRACE, Karen Kelly - Associate Director for Clinical Research at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Sandip Patel - Medical Oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego Health, gathered post meeting to discuss new information from ASCO 2018 regarding lung cancer.  

In this roundtable video, the doctors discuss Keynote189, cisplatin alone or carboplatin with alimta and keytruda and if it is a practice changing approach.

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