#LCSM Chat 5/22 Preview: Top 10 Key LC Presentations at ASCO 2014
By Howard (Jack) West, MD Please join us for the next #LCSM chat on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at 8 PM ET (5 PM Pacific). Our topic will be “Top 10 Key LC Presentations at ASCO 2014.” I’ll be moderating. Every year, many of the key developments in cancer care are presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago at the end of May. This year ASCO will highlight several practice-changing results for lung cancer. Impressively, the most important trials this year focus on treating a broad… Read More
#LCSM Chat Topic 05/08: “Lung Cancer Medical Records: What You Need to Know”
Please join us for the next #LCSM chat on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at 8 PM ET (5 PM Pacific). Our topic will be “Lung Cancer Medical Records: What You Need to Know.” This chat will be moderated by lung cancer patient advocate Janet Freeman-Daily. Once a person is diagnosed with lung cancer, they quickly begin accumulating medical records in the offices of their healthcare providers. For patients in early stages receiving curative treatments, medical records may not seem interesting. For those with a diagnosis of advanced or metastatic lung cancer, however, medical… Read More
#LCSM Chat Topic 4/24: Cost vs. Value with Expensive Cancer Treatments
Our topic for the upcoming #LCSM tweet chat on Thursday, April 24 at 8 PM Eastern, 5 PM Pacific is the question of “cost vs value” in cancer treatments. The moderator for this chat will be Dr. Jack West. ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) has recently announced an initiative to define value in cancer treatments and apply some expectations of which drugs should be used, given their remarkable cost. Newer medications are typically costing about $10,000 per month, and the price is rising rapidly. Newer drugs have varying amounts of evidence… Read More
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