Lung Cancer Considered

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In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Narjust Florez and two esteemed oncology colleagues discuss an evolving hot topic: the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of patients with molecular driven non-small cell lung cancer. Guest: Dr. Erin Schenk is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the section of Medical Oncology at the University of Colorado and the Director of...

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Narjust Florez moderates a discussion on the management of early-stage disease, with an eye toward applying conclusions from trials such as the ADAURA and the recent ESMO and ELCC data about perioperative chemo-immunotherapy.

Description: Host Dr. Narjust Florez and two esteemed international clinicians discuss the unique characteristics of CNS metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. Guest: Dr. Sarah Goldberg is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the section of Medical Oncology at the Yale School of Medicine. She is the Division Chief of Thoracic Oncology, the Research Dire...

Continuing our series of podcasts in different world languages, this episode focuses on lung cancer research and treatment in Romanian. Host: Mihaela Aldea, MD PhD Thoracic Oncology and Precision Medicine Group Department of Medical Oncology Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France Guest: Dr Cristina Ligia Cebotaru, Institute of Oncology 'Prof Dr Ion Chiricuta' Department of Radiotherapy-Medical Oncology...

Biomarkers are essential in lung cancer treatment, but they remain underutilized. In addition, clinicians and patients have to wait for those results before starting therapy. In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu guides a discussion about biomarkers and some of the challenges and issues they create.

This episode of Lung Cancer Considered discusses first-line treatment options for EGFR mutant NSCLC, in Italian. Guest: Dr. Jessica Menis is a thoracic medical oncologist with expertise in early-phase trials and drug development from Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona. Jessica, welcome to the podcast. Guest: Professor Filippo de Marinis is from Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, where...

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu discusses the recently approved bispecific T-cell engager, tarlatamab, for small cell lung cancer. Guest: Dr. Anne-Marie Dingemans is a pulmonologist and Professor of Thoracic Oncology at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Guest: Dr. Ryan Gentzler is an Associate Professor and Director of the Thoracic Oncology Clini...

In episode two summarizing important lung cancer data presented at ASCO 2024, Lung Cancer Considered hosts Dr. Narjust Florez and Dr. Stephen Liu cover the phase III CROWN trial, ROS1 NSCLC with a novel ROS1 TKI, taletrectinib, the MARIPOSA trial, the PALOMA-3 trial, the WU-KONG1 data, the BEAMION-Lung1 trial, and CheckMate 77T. Guest: Dr. Clarissa Mathias is the Director of NOB/Oncoclinicas in Br...

Title: ASCO 2024 Highlights Part 1 - Plenary Description: ASCO 2024 had so much lung cancer data, two podcast episodes are required to cover all the data presented. In this first episode, hosts Dr. Stephen Liu and Dr. Narjust Florez cover the LAURA trial, the ADAURA trial, the KRYSTAL-12 study, the phase III EVOKE-01 trial, the phase III ADRIATIC trial, and the REACH-PC trial. Guest: Dr. David Spi...

Host Dr. Stephen Liu moderates a discussion of lung cancer screening using low dose CT scans. Low dose CT scans have been shown to detect lung cancer earlier and significantly improve lung cancer mortality. Yet they remain underutilized and are only being used to detect certain types of lung cancer, specifically, smoking-related lung cancer. Guest: Dr. Pan-Chyr Yang is a Professor and former Presi...

May 31st is World No Tobacco Day and to observe this, Lung Cancer Considered host Dr. Narjust Florez leads a discussion on smoking cessation and how to honor the need for smoking cessation counseling without contributing to stigma. Smoking tobacco products (primarily cigarettes) is an important risk factor for the development of lung cancer and secondhand smoke is also a significant cause of lung...

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In this virtual tumor board episode, host Dr. Stephen Liu leads a discussion about the management of metastatic, PD-L1 low NSCLC. Dr. Apar Ganti is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Sze-Wai Chan from the Sandton Oncology Centre in Johannesburg, So...

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Narjust Florez moderates a discussion about adenosquamous cell carcinoma of the lung, from diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes in this group of patients.

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu discusses KRAS mutant non-small cell lung cancer, other than G12C. This form of lung cancer varies by geography and incidence. KRAS mutations were once thought undruggable, but KRAS inhibitors are now available. However, not all forms of KRAS mutant lung cancers are the same and clinicians need to be aware of the difference between KR...

In the wake of the FDA's approval of alectinib for resected non-small cell lung cancer, Lung Cancer Considered host Dr. Narjust Florez and Dr. Benjamen Solomon discuss this development and take a deeper look at the ALINA trial, which played an important role in the drug's approval.

As part of the IASLC’s 2024 DEI Initiative, the association is gathering member insights through an online survey and a series of virtual focus groups designed to help the organization better understand the challenges and areas for opportunity facing the global thoracic oncology profession. To take the survey, visit: https://www.iaslc.org/support-mission/iaslc-dei-initiative-global-member-surve

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Narjust Florez leads a discussion on the FLAURA2 study and changes in the first line treatment of EGFR NSCLC with guests Dr. Pasi Jänne and Dr. Marcelo Corassa. FLAURA2 was first presented at the 2023 WCLC in Singapore by Dr. Jänne.

This episode of Lung Cancer Considered covers the recently completed European Lung Cancer Congress held in Prague. Host Dr. Stephen Liu discusses the important research presented at the meeting with Dr. Jeff Bradley, Dr. Hazel O’Sullivan, and Dr. Antonio Calles.

Small cell lung cancer is a challenging subtype of lung cancer to treat because most patients present with extensive-stage disease. Unlike non-small cell lung cancer, treatments are more limited. Fortunately, the field continues to advance and there are several novel agents showing promise. In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu discusses some of these promising therapies...

This episode of Lung Cancer Considered focuses on radiopharmaceuticals-- a unique class of drugs that may have the most immediate impact in neuroendocrine tumors. Host Dr. Stephen Liu leads a discussion with three respected international clinicians about how these therapies play a role in both diagnostics and therapeutics and how they may soon be expanding.

Amivantamab Approved by FDA today, March 1! In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu leads a discussion on the FDA approval of first-line amivantamab plus chemotherapy for NSCLC with an EGFR exon 20 insertion, based on the phase III PAPILLON trial. These data were first shared at ESMO 2023 in Madrid with a simultaneous publication in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Today’s episode of Lung Cancer Considered is part of our special series on seminal trials in thoracic oncology, focusing on the phase I study of the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab. Hosts Dr. Narjust Florez and Dr. Stephen Liu discuss that study with guest Dr. Julie Brahmer from Johns Hopkins University. This podcast features surprise guest interviews with several doctors who were mentored by Dr. Brahmer...

ALK fusions represent 3-5% of newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancers but several therapeutic options do exist. Lung Cancer Considered host Dr. Narjust Florez and guests Dr. Christine Lovly from Vanderbilt University and Yvonne Diaz from Oncogene Cancer Research discuss how an ALK positive diagnosis is made and what therapies are currently available to treat it.