The Evolution of Palliative Care for Metastatic Lung Cancer
Debra A. KossmanIn August 2010, Dr. Jennifer Temel and her colleagues1 reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that patients who received early palliative care integrated with standard oncologic care from […] Read more
Treatment of Immunotherapy-Related Dermatologic Toxicities: An Interview with Dr. Mario Lacouture
Mario LacoutureMario Lacouture, MD, is director of the Oncodermatology Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and specializes in the dermatologic side effects of cancer treatment. He is the founder of the SERIES (Skin and Eye Reactions to Inhibitors of EGFR and kinases) Clinic, an interdisciplinary program bringing together pat... Read more
Veterans Health Administration’s Lung Precision Oncology Program Helps Individualize Treatment
Michael Kelley+more
Lung cancer is not only the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, with nearly 229,000 people diagnosed annually, but is also the deadliest cancer affecting patients of […] Read more
Management of Breathlessness in Lung Cancer Post-Surgery: An Interview With U.S. and U.K. Nurses
Samantha Jayne Byam+more
Breathlessness or shortness of breath (SOB) can be a short-term or long-term side effect after surgery, particularly lobectomy, for patients with NSCLC. There is good evidence now to support use […] Read more
Mitigating Pain in Thoracic Surgery
Bryan V. Anderson, MCHS, PA-C+more
A middle-aged woman walks into the clinic using her right hand to hold her shirt away from her chest. “Even just my shirt brushing against my skin hurts,” she says […] Read more
By Federico Cappuzzo, MD Posted: February 12, 2020 Lung cancer treatment is becoming extremely complex. It requires specific competencies to identify the correct diagnosis, tumor biology, staging, and best therapeutic […] Read more
Rebuilding Choice Architecture for Incurable but Treatable Lung Cancer: Rethinking the Future of Hospice Care in the United States
By Maggie Salinger, MD, MPP, and Arif Kamal, MD MBA, MHS, FAAHPM, FASCO Posted: December 11, 2019 IN REFERENCE TO: Mor V, Wagner TH, Levy C, et al. Association of […] Read more
Palliative Care: Combating Stigma and Enhancing Quality of Care – A Worldwide Perspective
By Corey J. Langer, MD, FACP Posted: December 11, 2019 Dr. Corey Langer Jennifer Temel, MD, and colleagues1 showed in a small but well-conducted phase III trial that a […] Read more
By Emily Stone, MBBS, MMed, FRACP, and James Jett, MD Posted: December 2017 Cannabis, a generic term for various products derived from the plant cannabis sativa, has a long history […] Read more