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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)

 

ASCO Lung Cancer Roundtable - NSCLC - New Potential Treatments for MET and RET Positive NSCLC
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Howard (Jack) West, MD
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We are happy to present the GRACE ASCO 2020 Lung Cancer Patient Education, News and Updates series.

Dr. Jack West has a virtual discussion with Helena A. Yu, MD, medical oncologist with Memorial Sloan Kettering specializing in Lung Cancer and Targeted Therapies for Lung Cancer, and David Spigel, MD, Chief Scientific Officer; Director, Lung Cancer Research Program and Principal Investigator with Sarah Cannon.

Drs. West, Yu and Spigel discuss trial updates in non small cell lung cancer. For this video, the topic of discussion is new potential treatments for MET and RET positive non small cell lung cancer.

 

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