Since December 2019, the world has been mired in a pandemic that has displaced other 21st-century health priorities for many populations. The social significance and speed of contagion from COVID-19 […] Read more
By Rebecca Matthias, MD Posted: June 10, 2020 Ms. Matthias is a patient with lung cancer who, along with so many, has transitioned to telehealth. Ms. Matthias lives in […] Read more
By Brendon Stiles, MD Posted: June 10, 2020 Imagine living in a city with more than 180,000 reported cases of COVID-19 and more than 24,000 deaths. Next imagine asking […] Read more
By Narjust Duma, MD Posted: June 10, 2020 During the past 8 weeks, we have heard how many of our colleagues and cancer centers are switching to telehealth. Two things […] Read more
By Mary Jo Fidler, MD Posted: June 10, 2020 Healthcare systems in the United States have been slow to adopt telehealth, in part, due to regulatory limitations, patient privacy […] Read more
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
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