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For this round of case based panel discussions, Dr. Jack West is joined by Drs. Heather Wakelee and Caroline McCoach.
Dr. Wakelee is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Medicine and Oncology at Stanford University Medical Center. Dr. McCoach is Assistant Professor in the Thoracic Medical Oncology Division of the UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center in San Francisco, California.
In this series, the doctors discuss a series of cases related to an EGFR mutation. In this video, the discussion is regarding the EGFR uncommon EXON 20 mutation, suggested treatments, targeted therapy and clinical trials.
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