November 2018 Volume 4 – Lung Cancer

Dr. Bruce Gershenhorn explores 3 questions patients should ask after learning they have lung cancer. Knowledge is power.

Several immune checkpoint inhibitors are now approved for patients with non–small-cell lung cancer, giving hope to patients living with this disease.

At age 28, Thomas Iorio went into the hospital with a possible ear infection, after noticing swollen lymph nodes, and came out with a probable cancer diagnosis.

Hildy Grossman describes her struggle with the stigma linked to a lung cancer diagnosis and her work, through Upstage Lung Cancer and music, to educate the public about lung cancer.

“Almost anyone who is a candidate for lung surgery is generally a candidate for minimally invasive surgery,” says Richard Chang, MD, FACS. Newer types of surgery are becoming available for patients with lung cancer that has not spread to other organs.

Don Cook felt he had a second chance at life when he learned that his lung cancer had a genetic alternation known as ALK mutation, for which targeted therapies are available today.