Lung Cancer Considered

Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) is a non-invasive cancer treatment that uses alternating electric fields to disrupt the ability of cancer cells to divide. TTFields can slow down tumor growth and spread, and may help people live longer than chemotherapy alone. In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Narjust Florez discusses this new therapy and the Phase III LUNAR study that led to its FDA approval. Guest: Dr. Ticiana Leal is an Associate Professor and serves as Director of the Thoracic Medical Oncology Program in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine.

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered host Dr. Narjust Florez discusses the future of lung cancer research in Brazil and the largest lung cancer screening program in South America. The episode was recorded during the IASLC 2024 Latin America Conference on Lung Cancer held in Bogota, Columbia. Guests: Clarissa Baldotto is a Medical ) Oncologist at D’Or Rio De Janeiro and President Elect for the Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology (SBOC) Guest: Dr. Francisco Sarmento is a Thoracic Radiologist from Hospital Royal Portuguese in Brazil.

Lung Cancer Considered in German by IASLC

In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu and guests preview the publication of the Ninth Edition of Tumor, Node and Metastasis (TNM) Classification System for lung cancer. The new edition will be published in January 2025 and has some important changes that reflect an evolving understanding of the disease and more rigorous analysis of data from around the world. Guest: Dr. Valerie Rusch is a Thoracic Surgeon from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterMSKCC where she is Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Surgery and the Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers. She has held many leadership positions in the American College of Surgeons and other organizations and was part of the team to first described EGFR mutations. She has been chair of the Thoracic Committee for the American Joint Committee on Cancer 6th, 7th, 8th, and now 9th Editions of the Cancer Staging Handbook Guest: Dr. Hisao Asamura is a Professor of Surgery, Chief of Division of Thoracic Surgery at Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan and Vice President of the Japan Lung Cancer Society. For IASLC, he is the Chair of the Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee, former Executive Board Director, and Congress President for the 18th World Conference on Lung Cancer. Guest: Dr. Enrico Ruffini is a Thoracic Surgeon and Professor of Thoracic Surgery from the University of Torino, Italy where he is the Chief of the Thoracic Surgery Unit and Director of the Thoracic Surgery Residency Program. He is heavily involved in the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Chair of the IASLC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee – Thymic domain.