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  • Patient Perspective: Me, Myself, and Scanxiety

    Patient Perspective: Me, Myself, and Scanxiety

    By

    Laura Floyd
    Patient Advocacy

    Studies that don’t show survival benefit with more frequent surveillance won’t convince patients they’re better off without scans. Even if regularly scheduled scans don’t help patients live longer, they do help them live better.


  • Committee Update: Advocates Offer Unique Support to Members, Help Investigators Understand Patients

    Committee Update: Advocates Offer Unique Support to Members, Help Investigators Understand Patients

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Patient Advocacy, Society News

    Patient Advocates Committee Chair Jill Feldman said ensuring the patient voice is present in research helps to improve the work being done to reduce the burden of lung cancer worldwide.


  • About Us

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    About ILCN IASLC Lung Cancer News is published bimonthly by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). For more information email Erin Jungmeyer at [email protected]. ILCN Editorial Group Corey J. Langer, MD, FACP Editor Associate Editors  Mary Jo Fidler, MD Associate Editor Witold K. Rzyman, MD Associate Editor Suresh Senan, MD Associate Editor…


  • Cultural Context Largely Absent in Advanced Care Planning Research, Guidelines

    Cultural Context Largely Absent in Advanced Care Planning Research, Guidelines

    By

    Nick Ippolito
    Supportive & Palliative Care

    In part 3 of our series on palliative and supportive care, Prof. Sun-Hyun Kim discusses the need for non-Western perspectives in recommendations for advanced care planning.


  • ILCN Names New Associate Editors

    ILCN Names New Associate Editors

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Names & News, Society News

    Long-time editorial group members, Drs. Mary Jo Fidler, Witold Rzyman, and Suresh Senan bring disciplinary diversity to ILCN’s leadership.


  • From the Editor: Looking Back on 2022

    From the Editor: Looking Back on 2022

    By

    Corey J. Langer, MD, FACP
    Evolving Standards of Care

    ILCN Editor Dr. Corey J. Langer reflects on highlights from the past year and looks at the year to come.


  • Passing of The Baton—On the Death of Patient Research Advocates

    Passing of The Baton—On the Death of Patient Research Advocates

    By

    Angus Pratt, MBA
    Meeting News, Supportive & Palliative Care

    Patient Perspective: We honor those we’ve lost by continuing their advocacy work, patient advocate Angus Pratt says.


  • In Brief for Dec. 21, 2022

    In Brief for Dec. 21, 2022

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Regulatory Agency Perspective, Society News

    IASLC names J. Michael Hoehn COO. FDA approves adagrasib for KRAS G12C-mutated NSCLC. NHS England increases access to screening in effort to catch cancers earlier.


  • In Brief for Dec. 7, 2022

    In Brief for Dec. 7, 2022

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News, Regulatory Agency Perspective

    Learn how new guidance from the UK’s National Institutes for Health Care Excellence addresses an unmet clinical need for patients with EGFR+ NSCLC with exon 20 insertion and stay up to date on the latest meeting news from IASLC.


  • Closing Plenary Addresses Access to Screening, Drugs

    Closing Plenary Addresses Access to Screening, Drugs

    By

    Fred Gebhart
    Meeting News, WCLC News

    Profession challenged to double survival rates within 5 years. Improving screening, reducing barriers to treatments will be key.