Douglas E. Wood, MD, on Lung Cancer Screening: Status and Patient Selection
2016 NCCN Annual Conference (1)
Douglas E. Wood, MD, of the University of Washington, discusses important new developments in early detection, the need to educate primary care physicians and patients, and the potential to save up to 15,000 lives each year.
Daniel T. Chang, MD, of the Stanford Cancer Institute, discusses the role of radiation therapy in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Kevin C. Oeffinger, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses American Cancer Society recommendations, including the advice that women with an average risk of breast cancer should undergo regular screening mammography starting at age 45, and that women 55 and older should have biennial screening.
Mahmoud Al-Hawary, MD, of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the role of radiology in diagnosing and staging pancreatic tumors, optimizing imaging techniques, and the value of structured reporting.
Rogerio Lilenbaum, MD, of Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital, discusses the importance of tumor profiling for non–small cell lung cancer and strategies for treating EGFR-positive disease in the first-line setting.
Sarah L. Blair, MD, of UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, discusses surgical resection of breast cancer, which has the best chance of cure and is better than hormonal treatment alone, even in patients over age 80.