2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium
Thoracic 2017: SBRT Offers Curative Option for Patients With Lung Cancer Aged 80 and Older
Patients in their 80s and 90s who have early-stage lung cancer but cannot undergo an operation can be treated safely and effectively with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), according to resea...
Thoracic 2017: Updated Data Confirm Benefits of Single-Fraction SBRT for NSCLC
New research led by a radiation oncologist at Roswell Park Cancer Institute indicates that less may be more when it comes to some forms of radiation therapy for cancer. In a presentation highlighted i...
Douglas E. Wood, MD, on Lung Cancer Screening
Douglas E. Wood, MD, of the University of Washington, discusses the importance of broad access to and education about lung cancer screening—now approved for people at high risk for the disease—and the...
Charles B. Simone, II, MD, on NSCLC: CTCs as a Biomarker for Early Detection
Charles B. Simone, II, MD, of the University of Maryland Medical Center, discusses results from a large prospective study in locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer, which suggest that circulating...
Boris Sepesi, MD, on NSCLC, TILs, and Overall Survival
Boris Sepesi, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses immune cells within tumors and the potential role for checkpoint inhibitor therapy in the neoadjuvant setting of local...
Zofia Piotrowska, MD, on NSCLC: Resistance Mechanisms
Zofia Piotrowska, MD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, discusses heterogeneity and variation in resistance mechanisms among EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer patients with at ...
Zhongxing Liao, MD, on Proton-Beam Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Disease
Zhongxing Liao, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the continued improvement in planning, delivery, and patient selection for proton therapy, which can both reduce rad...
Jennifer Ho, MD, on Thoracic Cancers: Reirradiation With IMPT
Jennifer Ho, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, discusses study results on the use of intensity-modulated proton therapy, which can provide durable local control with minimal toxicity ...
Tracey L. Evans, MD, on NSCLC: Combined-Modality Therapy
Tracey L. Evans, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the data supporting use of chemotherapy with radiation in locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer, targeted treatments and immunot...
Martin J. Edelman, MD, on NSCLC: Final Results of a CALGB Alliance Trial
Martin J. Edelman, MD, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses study findings from a phase III study of celecoxib in addition to standard chemotherapy for advanced non–small cell lung cancer with COX-2 ...
Maximilian Diehn, MD, PhD, on Liquid Biopsies/Cell-Free DNA: Clinical Uses
Maximilian Diehn, MD, PhD, of Stanford School of Medicine, discusses promising clinical applications of circulating tumor DNA in patients with thoracic malignancies: noninvasive detection of resistanc...
Shraddha M. Dalwadi, MBA, on Stage I NSCLC: Racial Disparities in Treatment and Outcome
Shraddha M. Dalwadi, MBA, MD Candidate in the class of 2017 at Texas A&M Health Science Center, discusses findings from a SEER database study that showed African Americans and American Indians wit...
Richard J. Cassidy III, MD, on NSCLC and SBRT in Older Patients
Richard J. Cassidy III, MD, of Emory Winship Cancer Institute, discusses results from a multicenter analysis of stereotactic body radiotherapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer in patients 80...
Kamran Ahmed, MD, on Lung Cancer, Radiation, and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Kamran Ahmed, MD, of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, discusses results from a small study of pneumonitis in patients who received thoracic radiotherapy within 6 months of anti...
Thoracic 2017: Combination of Radiation and Immune Checkpoint Therapy Holds Potential for Lung Cancer
An emerging approach for cancer treatment seeks to combine radiation therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors to more effectively control tumors in the chest with an acceptable risk of severe treatme...
Thoracic 2017: Racial Disparities Persist in Treatment and Survival of Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Analysis of the largest American cancer database indicates that racial disparities persist in the treatment and outcomes of patients diagnosed with stage I non–small cell lung cancer (...
Thoracic 2017: Proton Therapy Offers New Treatment Possibility for Recurrent Lung Cancer
A new study offers hope for patients with recurrent lung cancer, who historically have been considered ineligible for curative treatment. In the largest analysis to date of reirradiation using intensi...
Thoracic 2017: Genetic Profile of Treatment-Resistant Lung Cancer More Variable Than Previously Thought
The genetic mutations underlying treatment resistance in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are more complex and dynamic than previously thought. Analysis of 355 biopsied tumors from patients wh...
Thoracic 2017: Biomarker Test Shows Cancer Recurrence Months Before CT Scans
Results from a prospective clinical trial showed that a blood test looking at specific biomarkers was able to detect recurrences of lung cancer an average of 6 months before conventional imaging metho...
