Gracecast Lung Cancer Audio

Case discussion with Drs. Tom Hensing of in Chicago and David Jackman in Boston, discussing practical issues around molecular marker testing and recommended treatments for first line and maintenance therapy for a patient with advanced squamous cell NSCLC.

Case discussion with Drs. George Blumenschein of MD Anderson and Walter Curran of Emory University, reviewing concerns about risks of aggressive treatment of bulky locally advanced NSCLC and potential management strategies.

Case discussion with Drs. George Blumenschein of MD Anderson and Walter Curran of Emory University, covering management approaches for a stage IIIB locally advanced NSCLC with ambiguous imaging results after chemo and radiation were completed.

Case discussion with Drs. George Blumenschein of MD Anderson Cancer Center and Walter Curran of Emory University, reviewing management options for the range of treatment approaches for patients with stage IIIA N2, locally advanced NSCLC.

Case discussion with Drs. Paul Hesketh of the Lahey Clinic and Karen Kelly of Kansas University Medical Center, covering question of optimal treatment for patients with advanced NSCLC who are elderly or have a marginal performance status.

Case discussion with Drs. Paul Hesketh of the Lahey Clinic and Karen Kelly of Kansas University Medical Center, discussing options for administering multimodality therapy for stage III NSCLC in patients who are elderly or have a marginal performance status.

Case discussion with Drs. Paul Hesketh of the Lahey Clinic and Karen Kelly of Kansas University Medical Center, discussing current evidence and challenges of post-operative treatments for early stage NSCLC in elderly and/or frail patients.

Dr. Mark Socinski, medical oncologist and leader of the Thoracic Oncology Program at Univ. of North Carolina, answers questions about what treatments to recommend after first line therapy for advanced NSCLC and when they should be pursued.

Dr. Mark Socinski, medical oncologist and leader of the Thoracic Oncology Program at Univ. of North Carolina, summarizes the evidence and presents a current approach to managing treatment of advanced NSCLC after first line therapy.

Dr. Howard (Jack) West, medical oncologist, President & CEO of GRACE, reviews the debate about whether surgery should have a role in managing early small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Dr. Suresh Ramalingam, medical oncologist and leader of the Thoracic Oncology Program at Emory University, discusses questions about individualizing therapy choices for patients with advanced NSCLC.

Dr. Suresh Ramalingam, medical oncologist and leader of the Thoracic Oncology Program at Emory University, reviews the evolution of first line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer to our current tailored approach for optimal outcomes.

Dr. Jared Weiss, medical oncologist from the Univ. of Pennsylvania, covers limited data and current clinical trials addressing potential role of EGFR inhibitors, and particularly Tarceva (erlotinib), as post-surgical treatment for advanced NSCLC.

Case discussion with Dr. Anne Tsao of medical oncology at MD Anderson, and Dr. Alex Farivar of thoracic surgery at Swedish Cancer Institute, on a case of man with an isolated brain metastasis being considered for curative therapy.

Case discussion with Dr. Julie Brahmer of Johns Hopkins University and Dr. Gregory Riely of Memorial Sloan Kettering, on a case of a woman with poorly differentiated NSCLC, responding well to fist line chemotherapy.

Q&A Session following webinar with Dr. Nathan Pennell, medical oncologist and lung cancer expert at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, on the use of molecular markers such as EGFR, KRAS, ERCC-1, EML4-ALK, and others in NSCLC.

Case discussion with Dr. Anne Tsao of medical oncology at MD Anderson, and Dr. Alex Farivar of thoracic surgery at Swedish Cancer Institute, on a case of a relatively fit man with malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Dr. D. Ross Camidge, medical oncologist at the University of Colorado, provides an overview of the newly identified ALK gene rearrangements, novel therapy to target this, and the promise of molecular oncology.

Case discussion of management options for an elderly man with slowly progressing BAC, with Dr. Anne Tsao of medical oncology at MD Anderson, and Dr. Alex Farivar of thoracic surgery at Swedish Cancer Institute.

Dr. Kristin Manning, expert radiologist at Seattle Radiology, discusses work on lung cancer screening, the features of a pulmonary nodule that raise and lower suspicion for lung cancer, and other aspects of initial and follow-up imaging for lung cancer.