Quantitative Imaging Workshop XVII
Early-Stage Lung Cancer: An Overview of the Clinical Trial Landscape
Although early-stage, resectable disease represents the best chance for meaningful long-term survival and cure for patients with lung cancer, there are still high rates of recurrence. According to Raj...
Expert Point of View: Matthijs Oudkerk, MD
Matthijs Oudkerk, MD, Professor of Radiology at the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands, and Principal Investigator for Radiology of the NELSON Lung Cancer Detection Study, stressed that ...
Surgical Resection of Stage I Lung Cancer: Rating the Evidence of Benefit
A recent report from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has undermined the evidentiary basis for the primary treatment of stage I non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) while rating the evid...
Mary Pasquinelli, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, on Addressing Lung Cancer Care Equity in Vulnerable Communities
Mary Pasquinelli, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, of the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System, discusses proposed U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lung cancer screening guidelines, which sh...
James L. Mulshine, MD, on Meeting Highlights: Advancing Quantitative Low-Dose CT Imaging in Thoracic Disease
James L. Mulshine, MD, of Rush University Medical Center, offers an overview of the 2020 Quantitative Imaging Workshop, whose mission is to leverage the use of CT to speed early detection and improve ...
David Yankelevitz, MD, on Early-Stage Lung Cancer: Renewed Interest in Combined-Modality Treatment
David Yankelevitz, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses the renewed interest in applying adjuvant and neoadjuvant targeted treatments to earlier-stage lung cancer, given the p...
Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD, on Early-Stage Lung Cancer: Targeted Treatment and Screening
Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD, of The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai, discusses lung cancer screening for aggressive early-stage lung cancer; adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment, including the ADAURA ...
Daniel G. Petereit, MD, on Disparities in Lung Cancer Care for Northern Plains American Indians
Daniel G. Petereit, MD, of the John T. Vucurevich Cancer Care Institute and Monument Health, discusses the Walking Forward health-care program designed for a South Dakota–based Native American populat...
