#LCSM Chat 4/21: Doctor Shopping in the Age of Social Media
The doctor-patient relationship is without a doubt a keystone of medical care. This relationship is arguably most intense in the field of oncology. For patients, few things are as life altering as a cancer diagnosis. This is particularly true for lung cancer, given its poor survival statistics and the social stigma sometimes associated with the disease. Thus, for many lung cancer patients, a surgeon or oncologist (sometimes both) become an incredibly important person for several months, if not years. These doctors will gather the patients’ data, inform them of their diagnoses, administer… Read More
How Can We Overcome Hurdles in Clinical Lung Cancer Research?
By H Jack West, MD People with lung cancer today benefit from a growing range of new cancer treatments that provide the promise of dramatic and long-lasting responses. Whether refinements in our chemotherapy, new targeted therapies, exciting immunotherapy strategies, or other novel agents or combinations, the development of these advances is exciting and based on the completion of important clinical trials. The investigators running trials of novel agents, as well as the companies developing them and the research groups helping to manage them, are eager to enroll on these studies and learn… Read More
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