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Dr. Jack West is a medical oncologist and thoracic oncology specialist, and Executive Director of Employer Services at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, CA.
Here's a brief video just discussing the rationale for why a systemic treatment like chemotherapy is recommended not only as the cornerstone of treatment for advanced lung cancers, which makes intuitive sense, but also for the majority of patients with earlier stages of lung cancer as well.
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