Dr. Nathan Pennell, Cleveland Clinic, reviews the available trial evidence for the use of targeted therapies in the post-operative/adjuvant setting.

Dr. Edward S. Kim from the Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, NC discusses the feasibility of molecular marker testing and targeted therapy in the adjuvant or post-operative setting.

Brendan Bietry of the Patient Advocate Foundation discusses the financial assistance programs available to lung cancer patients who receive targeted therapies.

Dr. Jack West asks the question of whether newer, more active ALK inhibitors such as alectinib should be used as first line therapy rather than for acquired resistance, including introducing the ALEX trial that is trying to answer this question.

Dr. Nathan Pennell discusses ALCHEMIST, an NCI-sponsored clinical trial looking at whether targeted post-op (adjuvant) therapy for patients with a driver mutation such as EGFR mutation or ALK rearrangement improves survival.

WHAT: Acquired Resistance in Lung Cancer Patient Forum
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015
WHERE: Marriott Waterfront San Francisco, 1800 Old Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA 94010
WHO: ALK, ROS1 & EGFR lung cancer patients and their caregivers

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Thoracic oncologist Dr. Ben Levy highlights what he believes was the biggest news for lung cancer patients in 2014 as well as his take on exciting clinical trials taking place in lung cancer in 2015.

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Dr. Thomas John of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Center in Melbourne, Australia presents his favorite breakthroughs in lung cancer from 2014.

For those who wish to access the PDF, it's here: Thomas John, MD Top Four Lung Cancer Highlights 2014

Agree? Disagree? What are you looking forward to in 2015?

There were many advances in lung cancer targeted treatments in 2014. The one that most excites Dr. Geoffrey Oxnard from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is the use of liquid biopsies.

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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. To mark it this year, GRACE is celebrating the empowered lung cancer patient. In this video, Linnea Duff, a 10-year stage IV ALK+ lung cancer patient, shares her journey from stunned patient to empowered patient.