SPECIAL EVENT: #LCSM+NCI Google Hangout & Twitter Chat at 11/19 at 2pm ET: “Changing Landscape of Lung Cancer Research & Treatment”

Last year in November, The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and #LCSM Chat worked together to conduct a Twitter chat on precision medicine in lung cancer treatment.  This year, we’ve taken our collaboration a step further to create a highly engaging, interactive online event. For Lung Cancer Awareness Month this year (#LCAM15), The NCI and #LCSM Chat are excited to announce we will co-host a one hour Google Hangout on Air on “The Changing Landscape of Lung Cancer Research and Treatment” on November 19, 2015 at 2:00 ET.  You can watch the Hangout… Read More

#LCSM Chat 10/8: Be the Change for #LCAM15

November is just around the corner! The #lcsm community will spend our October 8 chat (at 8 PM ET, 5 PM PT) discussing our plans for #LCAM15 (the Symplur-registered healthcare hashtag for Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2015). Janet Freeman-Daily (@JFreemanDaily) will be moderating. This year during #LCAM15, @lcsmchat will be highlighting patients and the research that’s helping us stay alive. Each day we will post a link to a lung cancer clinical trial and a picture of someone who has had lung cancer. The pictures will be posted with two hashtags, #LCAM15… Read More

#LCSM Chat 9/17 8pm ET: Surgery or Radiation for Early Staged, Operable Lung Cancer: Which Road Should I Take?

Surgery or Radiation for Early Staged, Operable Lung Cancer: Which Road Should I Take? By guest host Mara B. Antonoff, MD, and host David Tom Cooke, MD As a newly established group in the world of health care social media, the Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network (#TSSMN, @tssmn) is thrilled for the opportunity to cohost our first Tweet chat with #LCSM Chat. We are delighted at this collaboration, bringing together a number of key stakeholders in lung cancer and thoracic surgery, for an important discussion regarding the roles of surgical resection and… Read More