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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)

 

Interview with Dr. Suresh Ramalingam: Current Standards and Controversies in Locally Advanced NSCLC
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Howard (Jack) West, MD

Dr. Suresh Ramalingam is a longtime friend of mine and a national leader in the field of lung cancer. He is the Director of the Lung Cancer Program at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University in Atlanta, and he was kind enough to sit down with me to talk about his perspective on the current optimal treatment for patients with stage III, or locally advanced, NSCLC. We also spoke about managing metastatic disease, which will be covered in a separate podcast. It's an audio interview, but if people watch the video version, there are some figures synchronized with the discussion.

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The transcript and figures associated with this program are included here:

Ramalingam Locally Advanced NSCLC Interview Transcript

Ramalingam Locally Advanced NSCLC Interview Figures

Talking with other lung cancer experts is a fun way to clarify what strategies are emerging as clear standards and what issues remain controversial. Let me know if you have any suggestions about the format.

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