Posted on March 18, 2015 by Gray Connections
Special #LCSM Chat 3/19 starting ~10 AM PDT: Patient’s Experience of Lung Cancer Surgery via Live Tweets
On March 19th, 2015, starting around 10AM PT, UC Davis will be using #LCSM and #UCDVATS hashtags to live tweet the experience of a patient undergoing minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer. David Tom Cooke, MD, FACS, (@DavidCookeMD) , head of University of California at Davis Thoracic Surgery and #LCSM Co-Founder, explains why: “Is there a cure for lung cancer?” I hear this question often. Many of you know that lung cancer has a five-year survival rate of around 15%. One reason this rate is so low is because lung cancer patients are rarely… Read More