The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) recently held its annual conference from October 20 – 24, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. ESMO represents one of the largest gatherings of
Different types of lung cancer are known to be caused, or driven, by alterations in genes such as EGFR or ALK . One such alteration, the fusion of the ALK gene with another gene
I had the privilege of attending the 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) in Singapore with my colleague Dr. Bellinda King-Kallimanis. WCLC, the world's largest meeting
Currently, lung cancer screening using low-density computed tomography (LDCT) scans is available as a tool to screen for lung cancer in individuals at high risk of developing the
Recently, members of LUNGevity Foundation joined thousands of attendees from the US and around the world, including oncologists, scientists, biotech and pharmaceutical
Since 2016, the medical community has seen strong data showing that remote patient monitoring (RPM), which gives people living with cancer simple ways to report treatment side
Since 2020, LUNGevity has been engaged in research to understand the experiences of lung cancer patients, particularly those receiving care at community hospitals and those from
As Chief Investigator of the groundbreaking Cancer Research UK (CRUK) TRACERx study , you could say that Dr. Charles Swanton is having a moment. Launched nine years ago, TRACERx
Our lung tissue is made of different kinds of cells, including neuroendocrine cells. If these cells develop changes in their genome, they can begin to grow out of control and
The first week of April definitely started with a bang! After the 2019 in-person small cell lung cancer (SCLC) meeting—convened by the International Association for the Study of
Cancer Grand Challenges is a partnership between Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), which funds global teams of leading researchers across various
Each year, there is one key conference dedicated to bringing stakeholders together with the sole goal of discussing the development of treatments for thoracic cancer — the Targeted Therapies of Lung Cancer Meeting.