#LCSM Chat Topic 2/9: Flip the Clinic for Lung Cancer–What Works Best?

Our topic for the next #LCSM tweetchat on Thursday, February 9th at 5 PM Pacific (8 PM Eastern) is “Flip the Clinic for Lung Cancer: What Works Best?” Flip the Clinic is an open experiment to transform the patient-clinician experience. The movement was started in 2013 by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation and was the topic of an #LCSM Chat about two years ago. There is much medical literature about what constitutes best practices in the care of lung cancer patients. However, patient-centered research has only recently began investigating the best ways… Read More

#LCSM Chat Topic 1/12 (2017)–“Lung cancer: who is at risk?”

Please join the #lcsm community and moderator @BrendonStilesMD for our first #LCSM Chat of 2017 on Thursday, January 12th, at 8 pm Eastern Time (5 pm Pacific).  The topic of the chat will be “Lung cancer: who is at risk?” Many in our own #lcsm community have either had lung cancer themselves or have family members who have been affected.  It is common therefore to wonder “Is my family at risk?” or “Am I next?” While exposure to tobacco smoke is the most well-known risk factor for lung cancer, other significant risk factors exist…. Read More

#LCSM Chat Topic 10/6: Cancer Cure vs. Chronic Disease: How Critical is the Difference?

Our topic for the next #LCSM Tweet Chat on Thursday, October 6, at 5 PM Pacific (8 PM Eastern) is “Cancer Cure vs. Chronic Disease: How Critical is the Difference?” The moderator for this chat is Dr. Jack West (@JackWestMD). Curing cancer is among the most valued goals in the world, both on an individual and a more global basis, and it is really at the pinnacle of the “cancer moonshot” effort. But as we try to translate these goals into practice, and as I talk with my patients in the clinic, it’s clear… Read More