Dr. Jared Weiss, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, evaluates a variety of particular systemic treatment agents for possible use in elderly patients.

Dr. Nathan Pennell, Cleveland Clinic, evaluates chemotherapy sensitivity assays, describing the difficulties inherent in predicting response to chemotherapy agents.

Dr. Nathan Pennell, Cleveland Clinic, describes treatment of NSCLC patients with HER2 mutations using agents such as Gilotrif or Herceptin.

Dr. Nathan Pennell, Cleveland Clinic, describes other options for treatment of acquired resistance, including chemotherapy, ablation with SBRT and a combination of Gilotrif and Erbitux.

Guest post by Dr. Nate Pennell, a board certified medical oncologist at the Taussig Cancer Center at the Cleveland Clinic. He specializes in the treatment of thoracic malignancies with a focus on lung cancer. Dr.

Acquired Resistance Forum Video #6: Dr. Nate Pennell of the Cleveland Clinic discussed the other options available to patients with ALK, ROS1 and EGFR lung cancer, such as chemotherapy, Avastin, and immunotherapy.

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Drs. Nasser Hanna and Melissa Johnson discuss new trial evidence for the use of adjuvant Erlotinib for early-stage lung cancer.

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This is a slide presentation I did last week at a local conference, describing the steady, incremental improvements in survival with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that have occurred over the past 10-15 years.

Dr. Cathy Pietanza of Memorial Sloan Kettering talks about a drug currently in clinical trials that may successfully treat small cell lung cancer. February 2014.

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Dr. Bob Doebele from the University of Colorado, offers his insights on how to approach a patient with gradual progression in a single site, especially in the brain, or more multifocal progression after a good initial response to a targeted agent.

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