Posted: April 2017 By Kristina Wasson-Blader, PhD, ELS International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) hosted the second Small Cell Lung Cancer Workshop at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York, which is held on an every-other-year basis. This focused meeting attracted more than 175 leading basic scientists and clinical…

Posted: April 2017 By Kristina Wasson-Blader, PhD, ELS For the 17th year, leading experts in the biology, diagnosis, and treatment of lung cancer convened in Santa Monica, California, from February 22nd to 25th to attend the Targeted Therapies of the Treatment of Lung Cancer meeting. “This important meeting brings lung cancer experts from around the…

For the seventh year, the world’s leading societies in the field of thoracic oncology are collaborating to host the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC), a multidisciplinary event that aims to advance science, disseminate education, and improve lung cancer care worldwide. The conference, to be held May 5–8 in Geneva, Switzerland, will be hosted by IASLC…

Posted: February 2017 By Luis E. Raez, MD, FACP, FCCP The First Congress of Interventional Pulmonology & Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) and the XI South American Bronchology Congresses were both a success. These events, sponsored by IASLC, occurred in Lima Peru on December 1–2, 2017, and were attended by 92 doctors from 27 Latin-American countries. IASLC…

The Best of IASLC WCLC is an educational initiative of IASLC designed to engage researchers and practitioners unable to attend the IASLC 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer. The program condenses the timeliest scientific and educational topics from multiple disciplines into a 1- or 2-day event (typically 6-8 hours of educational sessions per day). Presented…

Posted: February 2017 By Lori Alexander, MTPW, ELS, MWC With more than 2,500 presentations at the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) 2016, in Vienna, Austria, it is impossible to report on all new developments in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of lung cancer. However, some themes did emerge, most notably tobacco control and…

By Lori L. Alexander, MTPW, ELS, MWC The 17th IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) promises to offer new data and exciting new developments on a wide range of topcs in lung cancer care. A host of scientific abstract presentations and invited sessions will be offered within the three major topics of the conference:…

By James L. Mulshine, MD On June 13, 2016, the Prevent Cancer Foundation hosted the 13th Annual Quantitative Imaging Workshop: Lung Cancer, COPD and Cardiovascular Disease – Exploring the Intersections. A major focus of the meeting related to optimization of CT imaging issues as the nation begins to implement CT screening for lung cancer. It…

Dear Colleagues, IASLC WCLC 2016, with the theme “Active Prevention, Accurate Diagnosis, Advanced Care,” will be a multidisciplinary conference covering all aspects of lung cancer. The conference will inform participants about the most recent scientific advances in the field of lung cancer and will provide updates on the state-of-the-art management of patients with lung cancer.…

By Erik J. MacLaren, PhD This year’s annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is taking place June 3–7 in Chicago. The theme of the meeting this year is Collective Wisdom: The Future of Patient-Centered Care and Research, which helps to stress the need for collaborative efforts across disciplines to advance the…