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  • From the Editor: Looking Back on 2022

    From the Editor: Looking Back on 2022

    By

    Corey J. Langer, MD, FACP
    Evolving Standards of Care

    ILCN Editor Dr. Corey J. Langer reflects on highlights from the past year and looks at the year to come.


  • Updated Guidelines Provide Vital Insights for Pain Management of Cancer Patients

    Updated Guidelines Provide Vital Insights for Pain Management of Cancer Patients

    By

    Nick Ippolito
    Supportive & Palliative Care

    In part 2 of our series on palliative care, expert Dr. Yoshihisa Matsumoto explains why general guides cannot replace therapeutic planning based on careful assessment of an individual patient’s pain.


  • Passing of The Baton—On the Death of Patient Research Advocates

    Passing of The Baton—On the Death of Patient Research Advocates

    By

    Angus Pratt, MBA
    Meeting News, Supportive & Palliative Care

    Patient Perspective: We honor those we’ve lost by continuing their advocacy work, patient advocate Angus Pratt says.


  • In Brief for Dec. 21, 2022

    In Brief for Dec. 21, 2022

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Regulatory Agency Perspective, Society News

    IASLC names J. Michael Hoehn COO. FDA approves adagrasib for KRAS G12C-mutated NSCLC. NHS England increases access to screening in effort to catch cancers earlier.


  • Guideline-Concordant Surgery, Adjuvant Therapy, and the Promise of Curative-Intent Lung Cancer Surgery: What Are We Up Against?

    Guideline-Concordant Surgery, Adjuvant Therapy, and the Promise of Curative-Intent Lung Cancer Surgery: What Are We Up Against?

    By

    Osa Ogbeide, MD, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care, Surgical Oncology

    In a “tale of two trials,” Drs. Ogbeide and Osarogiagbon use insights from the ALCHEMIST trial population to try to understand outcomes disparities between North America and Japan.


  • New Screening Approach Needed to Detect Lung Cancer in Patients who Never Smoked

    New Screening Approach Needed to Detect Lung Cancer in Patients who Never Smoked

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Early Detection & Screening, Meeting News

    During ACLC 2022, Dr. Gee-Chen Chang made the case for moving beyond smoking history to identify at-risk patients and shared an alternative risk predication model that compared favorably against NLST and NELSON.


  • Palliative Care Benefits Vary Depending on Providers, Timing

    Palliative Care Benefits Vary Depending on Providers, Timing

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News, Palliative Care

    In the first of a series of articles on supportive care in lung cancer, Dr. David Hui outlines the needs and reviews evidence-based best practices.


  • In Brief for Dec. 7, 2022

    In Brief for Dec. 7, 2022

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News, Regulatory Agency Perspective

    Learn how new guidance from the UK’s National Institutes for Health Care Excellence addresses an unmet clinical need for patients with EGFR+ NSCLC with exon 20 insertion and stay up to date on the latest meeting news from IASLC.