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Jonathan W. Riess, MD MS is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Sukhmani Padda MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology) at the Stanford University Medical Center.
The doctors discuss a series of cases related to a diagnosis of ALK Positive NSCLC. In this video, the discussion is regarding a patient with ALK positive and high PDL-1. What is the first line treatment for potentially competing targets?

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