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2017


  • Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD

    Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD

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    Names & News

    Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD, was awarded the IACA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Oncology by the Indo-American Cancer Association (IACA). This award is given to medical oncologists and researchers who […]


  • Mental Health Really Matters: Lung Cancer Diagnosis Has the Greatest Risk of Suicide among Cancer
            Patients in USA – SEER Database Analysis

    Mental Health Really Matters: Lung Cancer Diagnosis Has the Greatest Risk of Suicide among Cancer Patients in USA – SEER Database Analysis

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    Evolving Standards of Care

    By Mohamed Rahouma, MD, Mohamed Kamel, MD, and Jeffrey L. Port, MD A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming, especially if someone has limited social support. Previous international reports have indicated […]


  • Solange Peters, MD, PhD

    Solange Peters, MD, PhD

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    Names & News

    Solange Peters, MD, PhD, was elected President for 2020-2021 of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). Professor Peters is Head of the Medical Oncology Service, Chair of Thoracic Oncology, […]


  • Naiyer A. Rizvi, MD

    Naiyer A. Rizvi, MD

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    Names & News

    Naiyer A. Rizvi, MD, was named to the ARMO BioSciences, Inc., Board of Directors, Redwood City, US. Dr. Rizvi is Director of Thoracic Oncology and Co-Director of Cancer Immunotherapy, Division […]


  • David R. Gandara, MD

    David R. Gandara, MD

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    Names & News

    David R. Gandara, MD, was honored as the lung cancer “Giant of Cancer Care” in the 2017 Giants of Cancer Care® recognition program by OncLive. Awardees are selected by their […]


  • Promise of Smoke-Free Future Falls Short

    Promise of Smoke-Free Future Falls Short

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    Tobacco Control & Smoking Cessation

    Editor’s Note: IASLC Lung Cancer News is pleased to publish this article as part of its continuing focus on the expansion of “combustible tobacco” (cigarettes) to include non-combustible products and […]


  • Roman V. Petrov, MD, PhD

    Roman V. Petrov, MD, PhD

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    Names & News

    Roman V. Petrov, MD, PhD, has been appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center; and Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, […]


  • Gideon M. Blumenthal, MD

    Gideon M. Blumenthal, MD

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    Names & News

    Gideon M. Blumenthal, MD was named Acting Deputy Director, Office of Hematology & Oncology Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, US. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Blumenthal was […]


  • Q&A with Alice Shaw, MD, PhD

    Q&A with Alice Shaw, MD, PhD

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    Uncategorized

    Based on global ALEX, has crizotinib been relegated to the therapeutic scrapheap when it comes to patients with ALK rearrangements? Or does it retain some role? The global ALEX study, […]


  • Q&A with Benjamin Solomon, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

    Q&A with Benjamin Solomon, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

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    Please give us a global perspective on the results of global ALEX. Will alectinib definitively displace crizotinib or ceritinib as the first-line treatment for ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)? […]