Global Initiatives

By Joy Curzio Posted: April 1, 2019 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women, with the 5-year survival rate at just 21%.1 An estimated 70,500 women in […]

By C.A.I.R.O Journal Club Executive Board Posted: December 2018 Egypt faced major turmoil in 2011, with subsequent dramatic political changes and a rapidly developing economic crises that, within a few […]

By Anna Wrona, MD, PhD Posted: October 2018 The IASLC Africa Conference on Lung Cancer 2018 in Tangier, Morocco, held last spring, provided participants with unique expert perspectives in lung […]

By Shani Shilo, DMD, PhD, andNir Peled, MD, PhD, FCCP Posted: June 2018 On March 6, 2018, the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, held a Science and Technology Committee meeting devoted […]

Natural disasters, such as Hurricane Maria, may have contributed to more acute shortages than previously experienced. By Jorge Garcia, PharmD, MS, MHA, MBA, and Dina B. Dumercy, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS […]

By Masahiro Yanagawa, MD, PhD, andNoriyuki Tomiyama, MD, PhD Posted: April 2018 Improvement in computer capacity, the expansion of computer networks, and the emergence of big data have resulted in […]

By Pedro N. Aguiar Jr., MD, MSc, andGilberto L. Lopes Jr., MD, MBA Posted: April 2018 After often-painful but effective and still incomplete economic reforms, more rational government spending, and […]

By AnnMarie Estrada, IASLC Foundation Director Posted: February 2018 When you think of the IASLC, you think about professional development, networking, and renowned international lung cancer conferences. When you consider […]

By Cynthia L. Kryder, MSPosted: December 2017 Despite genomic advances in the treatment of advanced lung cancer over the past decade, few breakthroughs have emerged in the adjuvant treatment of […]

By Fabrice Barlesi, MD, PhD, and Eric Vallières, MD, FRCSC An article by Cynthia Kryder and Ramón Rami-Porta in the IASLC Lung Cancer News recently highlighted the innovations of the […]