Looking for Biomarkers to Predict Response to Immunotherapy
Over the past several years, Jeffrey Thompson, MD, MS, watched eagerly as checkpoint inhibitors, immunotherapy drugs that take the brakes off the immune system to allow the body to
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Understanding the Important Role of Caregiving
Caregiving and the word burden are often put together, however, this is an unfortunate coupling of words. Cancer is a burdensome disease, the healthcare system is complex and
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Should Lung Cancer Patients Get Flu Shots?
Editor's Note: This post was originally published in 2019. Updates were made and additional questions answered in 2020. Flu vaccinations are the best way to help protect against
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The Importance of Screening for Lung Cancer
Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and worldwide. Because cancer treatments are most effective when the cancer is caught early
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A New Non-Invasive Molecular Approach to Monitoring Patient Response During Immunotherapy
Checkpoint blockade immunotherapy uses drugs to take the brakes off a patient’s immune system so that the immune cells can then recognize and attack tumor cells. However, the -
The Impact of the LUNGevity Career Development Award
Dr. Lauren Byers is a rising star in the field of lung cancer research. Her research findings into treatments for patients with small cell lung cancer are bringing new excitement -
Meet Your Medical Team: Registered Dietician
Angie Lord, RD, RYT-200, is the oncology dietitian at the Inova Alexandria Hospital location of the Inova Schar Cancer Institute. She has been a dietitian for over 15 years in -
Research Underway to Improve Immunotherapy Outcomes for ALK-Positive Lung Cancer
In the past decade, researchers have identified many types of lung cancer, including ALK-positive lung cancer, a subset of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) resulting from the -
Meet Your Medical Team: Thoracic Surgeons
Dr. Donington is Professor and Chief of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery at University of Chicago Medicine. Her clinical and interests focus on the early diagnosis and
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Meet Your Medical Team: Radiation Oncologists
Kristin Higgins, MD is an Associate Professor within the Emory School of Medicine and serves as the Medical Director of Radiation Oncolo-gy at the main campus location. She
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Meet Your Medical Team: Social Workers
Erin Charla Peterson, LCSW, is Senior Social Work Counselor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who provides counseling
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Meet Your Medical Team: Pulmonologists
Brett Bade, MD, is a pulmonologist at Yale University and the West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He has board certifications in Internal Medicine, Pulmonology, and