By Enza Esposito Nguyen, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, AOCNP Posted: August 14, 2019 Dr. Enza Esposito Nguyen The upcoming ninth Latin American Conference on Lung Cancer—to be held in Mexico City, Mexico, in October 2019, and sponsored by the IASLC Latin American Group (LATAM)—will feature, for the first time, a notable, overdue addition: the first School of…

Posted: May 27, 2019 Mesothelioma is a rare tumor with limited treatment options. The upcoming IASLC 2019 Mesothelioma Meeting (July 10-12) in New York City—a first of its kind for this disease site—promises to provide the latest clinical trial and emerging therapy information in the field. Preclinical and early clinical trial data will be presented for…

By Paul A. Bunn, Jr., MD, FASCO Posted: May 27, 2019 The 19th annual IASLC Targeted Therapies of Lung Cancer Meeting was held in Santa Monica, California, from February 20 to 23, 2019. The meeting chairs, Roy S. Herbst MD, PhD; Leora Horn, MD, MSc; Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD; and I created a program to be…

By Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD Posted: March 1, 2019 2019 IASLC Small Cell Lung Cancer Meeting April 3-5 • New York, New York Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center The 2019 IASLC Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) Meeting will be held at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York, April 3 to…

By Edgardo S. Santos Castillero, MD, FACP Posted: December 2018 Five abstracts were presented at the Presidential Symposium of the 2018 IASLC Latin America Conference on Lung Cancer, held in August in Córdoba, Argentina. All of the presentations centered on immunotherapy, with the following themes: (1) defining best treatment options as first-line therapy, (2) novel…

Posted: December 2018 The IASLC Latin America Conference on Lung Cancer in August featured a new awards presentation. The awards, sponsored by the IASLC Latin America Group (LATAM) were, in the words of LATAM Chair Luis E. Raez, MD, “for people who have not only moved forward the mission and vision of the IASLC globally…

Posted: December 2018 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) held a Post-Treatment Surveillance Workshop at the Shady Grove Campus this past March. In addition to lung cancer, the workshop focused on prostate cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer and testicular cancer. The lung cancer breakout session was co-chaired by Dr. Shakun Malik (NCI) and Dr. Geoff Oxnard…

By Kara Nyberg, PhD Posted: October 2018 The Presidential Symposium at the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer 2018 (WCLC) showcased the top five scientific abstracts highlighting progress in detecting and treating different forms of lung cancer and mesothelioma. These presentations featured four positive clinical trials that advance current treatment standards and one negative clinical…

The conference’s program is stacked with science and education for scientists, clinicians, and advocates alike. By Leah K. Lawrence Posted: August 2018 The IASLC 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), the world’s largest meeting dedicated to lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies, will take place this year from September 23 to 26 in Toronto,…

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