December 2020
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The Role of Nurse Navigators in Lung Cancer: Advocates, Sounding Boards, and Care Coordinators for Patients
My primary goal as a nurse navigator is to provide patient-centered care while facilitating timely access to the right providers. Nurse navigators have the clinical expertise to individualize both their […]
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Using Tumor Radiomic Features To Predict NSCLC Chemotherapy Response
IN REFERENCE TO: Khorrami M, Jain P, Bera K, et al. Predicting pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation in resectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients using computed tomography radiomic features. Lung Cancer. 2019;135:1-9.
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In Memorium: Tobacco-Control Innovator, Former President of Uruguay, Dr. Tabaré Vázquez Dies from Lung Cancer at 80
Former President of Uruguay and oncologist, Dr. Tabaré Vázquez, died at age 80 from lung cancer on December 6, 2020. He became the first Socialist leader of Uruguay during his […]
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Growing Importance and Changing Dynamics: Social Media’s Ever-Changing Role in Thoracic Oncology
Although some resist its gravitational pull, social media and especially Twitter are becoming an increasingly valuable tool in academic and community-based cancer care, with thoracic oncology helping set the pace […]
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The Multitude of Options for First-Line Therapy for EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancer
Speaking as a medical oncologist who cares for patients with lung cancer, the present is filled with much hope. There has been a profusion of studies that report increasingly improved […]
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