#LCSM Chat Topic 2/12 8PM ET: #IWishMyDoc and #IWishMyPatient

Stacey Tinianov (@coffeemommy) wrote an excellent blogpost titled “Context, Understanding and Empathy: #IWishMyDoc & #IWishMyPatient” on the Flip the Clinic website February 1. Below are excerpts from that post that set the stage for our next LCSM Chat on February 12: If you could openly offer any suggestion to your physician, what would it be and why? If you could kindly suggest something that could improve your patient’s time in the clinic or overall health, what would you tell them? Although whole health and wellness is the goal for both physicians and patients, we occasionally… Read More

#LCSM Chat Topic for 12/18 8PM ET: A Year-End Focus on the Highlights of 2014

For our last #LCSM tweet chat of the year, this Thursday, December 18th at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, we’ll do a retrospective reflection on the biggest developments of 2014. It was a pretty good year for lung cancer, so I’ll offer up my view of the top 5 changes over the past year and welcome group discussion on whether these fall in line for others. Dr. West’s Top 5 Highlights in 2014 1. Rapid development of immune checkpoint inhibitors for lung cancer: We haven’t seen a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor approved… Read More

#LCSM Chat tweets for Lung Cancer Awareness Month (#LCAM14)

During Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November (#LCAM14), #LCSM Chat (@lcsmchat on Twitter) will post daily tweets following the schedule below.   All times are Pacific. 6 AM:    lung cancer fact or statistic (check our list of ready-made tweets) 10 AM:  research or new treatment info (written or video) 2 PM:    inspirational survivor story (written or video) 6 PM:    #nostigma statements and/or #WhipLungCancer videos Some of our tweets will be new, some will be tweets we’ve posted in the past, and some will highlight tweets posted by others in the lung cancer community. Please… Read More