By Caicun Zhou, MD, and Fei Zhou, MD Posted: December 2017 Adjuvant chemotherapy is the standard of care for patients with resected, early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including stage […] Read more
By Kathleen A. Gamblin, RN, BSN, OCN Posted: December 2017 The nursing perspective and the views of other ancillary specialties are frequently missing in the thoracic oncology literature. This deficiency […] Read more
Posted: December 2017 Effective September 30, 2017, the Lung Cancer Research Foundation and Free to Breathe have merged organizations, with the goal of closing the funding gap for lung cancer […] Read more
• Alectinib (Alecensa) received full FDA approval for the first-line treatment of patients with ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as determined by an FDA-approved test. The approval was […] Read more
Posted: December 2017 Yasushi Yatabe, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2017 IASLC Mary J. Matthews Pathology/Translational Research Award. Dr. Yatabe has served as Chief of the Department of […] Read more
Posted: December 2017 Ramón Rami-Porta, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2017 IASLC Merit Award. Dr. Rami-Porta was appointed this year as the Clinical Chief of the Department of […] Read more
Posted: December 2017 Carolyn M. Dresler, MD, MPA, is the recipient of the 2017 IASLC Joseph W. Cullen Prevention/Early Detection Award. Dr. Dresler is currently the Associate Director for Medical […] Read more
Posted: December 2017 Tony Mok, BMSc, MD, FRCP(C), FRCP (Glasgow), FASCO, is the recipient of the 2017 IASLC Paul A. Bunn, Jr. Scientific Award. Prof. Mok is currently the Li […] Read more
By Keightley Amen, BA, ELS Posted: December 2017 While many people remain unaware of the advancements in the field of lung cancer and research spending still lags behind the funds […] Read more
By Lori L. Alexander, MTPW, ELS, MWC Posted: December 2017 Since 2006, the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF) has brought together a diverse group of physicians, organizations, industry […] Read more