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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)

 

Dr. Socinski Reviews ASCO Highlights: Optimal Chemo for Marginal Performance Status Patients
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Howard (Jack) West, MD

Here is the second part of Dr. Socinski's summary from our ASCO Highlights in Lung Cancer program, covering an important presentation by Dr. Rogerio Lilenbaum that directly compared a platinum-based doublet of carboplatin/Alimta (pemetrexed) to Alimta as a single agent in patients with a performance status of 2. Dr. Lilenbaum has done a lot of work focusing on the elderly and marginal performance status patients, and this work has largely illustrated that they are not one in the same: elderly patients with a good performance status have consistently done better with more aggressive doublet therapy. So what about patients of any age with a more marginal performance status?

Below you'll find the audio and video versions of Dr. Socinski's coverage of the trial, along with the transcript and figures from his presentation. 

Dr. Socinski ASCO 2012 LC Highlights PS2 Single Agent vs Doublet Trial Audio Podcast

Dr. Socinski ASCO 2012 LC Highlights PS2 Single Agent vs Doublet Trial Transcript

Dr. Socinski ASCO 2012 LC Highlights PS2 Single Agent vs Doublet Trial Figs

We'll continue posting additional parts of this program every few days.

 

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