Lung Cancer Considered

This episode of Lung Cancer Considered examines the treatment of EGFR-positive lung cancer in Brazil from early-stage disease to metastatic lung cancer. Podcast guests: Dr. Juliana Ominelli, a Brazilian practicing medical oncologist in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with experience treating EGFR Lung Cancer. She practices at the Brazilian National Cancer Institute –Oncologia DASA. Dr. Victor Marcondes, th...

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu leads a discussion with two global experts about the current and future roles of liquid biopsy and its use for the treatment of lung cancer.

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, hosts Dr. Narjust Florez and Dr. Stephen Liu lead a discussion on the recently completed ASCO 2023 meeting that included presentation of the new overall survival data from the ADAURA trial as well as the New England Journal of Medicine publication on data from KEYNOTE 671.

WCLC 2023 is a global, multi-disciplinary meeting designed for physicians, nurses, clinicians, researchers, scientists, survivors and advocates. This year, the meeting rotates to Singapore and Lung Cancer Considered Hosts Dr. Narjust Florez and Dr. Stephen Liu are joined by the meeting's three co-chairs for a wide-ranging interview about how attendees can make the most out of their experience duri...

LCC in Polish: Overcoming Barriers to Lung Cancer Therapy in Poland This special Polish-language episode of Lung Cancer Considered focuses on the unique challenges facing clinicians, researchers, and patients in Poland. The podcast also focuses on how physicians help patients overcome barriers to treating lung cancer. Host: Dr Anna Wrona, Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University...

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Narjust Florez discusses ROS+1 Fusions in NSCLC, including diagnosis, treatment and new exciting research coming down the pipeline. Her guests are: Dr. Lorenza Landi, Director of Clinical Trials Unit: Phase 1 and Precision Medicine at the National Cancer Institute Regina Elena in Rome. Dr. Landi has extensive experience and is interested in targe...

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Narjust Florez leads a discussion on EGFR NSCLC and transformation to small cell lung cancer, a relatively new finding since the introduction of targeted therapy. Guests are: Dr. Shigeki Umemura Dr. Shigeki Umemura is from the Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan. His interests include targeted thera...

Lung Cancer Considered hosts Dr. Narjust Flores and Dr. Stephen Liu talk with Dr. Roy Herbst about the ADAURA Trial. ADAURA introduced targeted therapy in the adjuvant setting for early-stage EGFR positive NSCLC. While we have seen targeted therapy in this space ADAURA showed DFS rates never seen before and changed the treatment of early-stage lung cancer.

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Narjust Florez interviews Dr. Emily Stone, the new editor of JTO Clinical and Research Reports. The podcast will focus on her article “Building on a Legacy”.

Host Dr. Alfredo Addeo, Senior Oncologist, Geneva University Hospital, in Geneva, Switzerland moderates a special French-language episode of Lung Cancer Considered focusing on managing locally advanced NSCLC. The guests for this special podcast are Dr. Cecile Le Pechoux, Radiation Oncologist at Department of Radiation Oncology Unit of Thoracic Oncology, Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Mesenchymal Tumour,...

This episode of Lung Cancer Considered covers the recently completed European Lung Cancer Congress held in Copenhagen. Host Dr. Stephen Liu, Dr. Heather Wakelee and Dr. Paul Van Schil discuss the important research presented at the meeting.

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu leads a new Virtual Tumor Board on EGFR mutant NSCLC and acquired resistance. Dr. Liu is joined by two thoracic medical oncologists who are both global experts in targeted therapy.

IASLC - LCC in Italian: Updates in Resectable NSCLC by IASLC

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu moderates a conversation about small cell lung cancer and previews the upcoming IASLC 2023 Hot Topic Meeting: Small Cell Lung Cancer in April which is focused on both preclinical and clinical advances in small cell lung cancer research. Joining the conversation are Alvaro Quintanal-Villalonga, PhD., from the Rudin Lab at Memorial Sloa...

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, recorded at the 2023 Targeted Therapies of Lung Cancer meeting, host Dr. Narjust Florez moderates a conversation about the use of consolidated radiation in early-stage small cell lung cancer. Joining the debate are Dr. Lawrence Einhorn from the Indiana University School of Medicine and Dr. Charles Simone from Memorial Sloan Kettering.

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu leads a recap of the recent IASLC meeting, Targeted Therapies for Lung Cancer, or TTLC23 --a member-favorite, a relatively smaller meeting known for its fast pace and its breadth of content. Guests include, the two co-chairs of the meeting: Dr. Charu Aggarwal, thoracic medical oncologist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvan...

In this Virtual Tumor Board episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu and his guests discuss the dynamic topic of managing resectable stage III NSCLC. Joining him are: Dr. Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz, Professor of Thoracic Surgery and Director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at University Hospital of Zurich, Chair of the Lung Cancer Center of Zurich, and the President of the Europea...

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu leads a discussion on a specific subset of lung cancer: EGFR exon 20 insertion NSCLC. Joining the podcast are distinguished panel of clinicians and lung cancer advocates: Dr. Rosario Garcia Campelo, the Head of Medical Oncology and the Thoracic Tumor Unit Chair at the University Hospital A Coruna, Spain. Marcia Horn, executive directo...

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Narjust Florez leads a discussion about NSCLC with RET rearrangements, including diagnosis, treatment, and new exciting research coming down the pipeline. Podcast guests are: Dr. Justin Gainor, the Director of the Center for Thoracic Cancers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Director of Targeted Immunotherapy in the Henri and Belinda T...

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu leads a conversation on KRAS G12C mutation. Joining the podcast are Dr. Melissa Johnson, the Program Director of Lung Cancer Research at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute and Dr. Ferdinandos Skoulidis, an Associate Professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The Latin American Conference on Lung Cancer, held in Uruguay, wrapped up in late January. To provide a summary of key findings from the meeting, Lung Cancer Considered host Dr. Narjust Florez interviewed two prominent oncologists from South America: Dr. Clarissa Mathias, Dr. Mathias is a medical oncologist and director of NOB/Oncoclinicas in Brazil. She is a member of the ASCO International Quali...

On January 26, 2023, the US FDA granted approval of pembrolizumab, an anti-PD-1 antibody, as an adjuvant therapy for patients with resected NSCLC. In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered host Dr. Stephen Liu leads a discussion on this approval with two thoracic medical oncologists with extensive expertise in this space: Dr. Jamie Chaft, an Associate Attending at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer C...

In this special episode of Lung Cancer Considered, hosts Dr. Stephen Liu and Dr. Narjust Florez discuss the seminal IPASS trial with its principal investigator, Dr. Tony Mok. IPASS was a randomized phase III trial that compared the EGFR TKI gefitinib to carboplatin plus paclitaxel and showed, for the first time, that in a selected population, targeted therapy was superior to chemotherapy. The init...

In a special episode of Lung Cancer Considered focusing on lung cancer in Brazil, host Dr. Clarissa Mathias, medical oncologist at Oncoclinicas Bahia and Hospital Santa Izabel, is joined by Dr. Ticiana Leal, associate professor, Department of Hematology & Oncology and director of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University and Dr. Carlos Gil Ferreira, president of Institu...

Host Dr. Narjust Florez engages with three leading lung cancer patient advocates on the importance of patient advocacy groups, how these were formed, challenges when managing large patient advocacy groups and the future of patient advocacy in lung cancer. Janet Freeman-Daily is a cancer patient research advocate and activist who translates the experience and science of cancer for others. She was d...