Global Warming, COVID-19, and Lung Cancer: Why Lung Cancer Doctors Should Care About Climate Change
Joan H. SchillerBy Joan H. Schiller, MD Posted: August 13, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic burst upon the world stage with startling force at the beginning of this year. The issues of climate […] Read more
TERAVOLT: Global Registry Investigates Outcomes Among Patients With Thoracic Cancer and COVID-19
By Marina Chiara Garassino, MD, and Leora Horn, MD, MSc, FRCPC Posted: June 9, 2020 Marina Chiara Garassino Leora Horn The new SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus […] Read more
Posted: June 9, 2020 Across specialties, COVID-19 has resulted in increased patient anxiety and decreased in-person appointments. The rapid uptake of telehealth has, for some, widened disparity gaps and been […] Read more
Making Mesothelioma Patient Research Happen: The United Kingdom Experience
By Liz Darlison, MBE, EN, RN, BSc, MSc; Clare Gardiner, PhD, BSc (hons); Catherine Henshall, MN, RN, MA, PhD; and Angela M. Tod, PhD, MSc, MMedSci, BA (hons), RN Posted: […] Read more
Dr. Noemi Reguart is a medical oncologist at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, Spain. In Spain, these past few weeks have been difficult—especially for health care personnel. The coronavirus took […] Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has created numerous challenges with the management of lung cancer, not the least of which is the initial diagnosis. The computer tomography scans, typically used in the […] Read more
Watch Recording IASLC faculty members from Europe, Asia and North America will discuss systemic therapies including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy for advanced-stage lung cancer during the COVID-19 global pandemic. […] Read more
Impact of COVID-19 on Treatment of Lung Cancer Patients with Local or Locoregional Disease
Watch Recording This webinar, “Impact of COVID-19 on Treatment of Lung Cancer Patients with Local or Locoregional Disease,” will be presented by IASLC surgical and radiation oncology experts. Faculty will […] Read more
Practical Practice Recommendations for Lung Cancer Radiotherapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An ESTRO-ASTRO Consensus Statement
This webinar will give a summary of recently published ESTRO & ASTRO practice guidelines about radiotherapy for lung cancer in the COVID-19 pandemic, whether radiotherapy can or should be adapted, and […] Read more
Dr. Suraj Samtani is a medical oncologist living and working in Santiago, Chile. I’m a medical oncologist and I also work in an intensive care unit in Santiago, Chile. In […] Read more