GRACEcast
Oncology experts summarize current and emerging issues in cancer management for patients and caregivers. Information from the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE) helps people to become informed partners in their care.
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Reirradiation of Tumor in a Previously Radiated Field
Radiation oncologist Dr. Chris Loiselle reviews the possibility of re-treating ...
Radiation oncologist Dr. Chris Loiselle reviews the possibility of re-treating with radiation for lung cancer, typically using stereotactic technique, in a previously irradiated field.
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Cancer Growth Rate and Managing Slow-Growing Lung Cancers
Dr. Jack West, medical oncologist/lung cancer specialist, describes special management ...
Dr. Jack West, medical oncologist/lung cancer specialist, describes special management considerations for indolent lung cancers that may not require treatment or are at risk for "over-treatment."
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What is a Pancoast Tumor and How is it Best Treated?
Dr. Eric Vallieres, thoracic surgeon, introduces us to and provides ...
Dr. Eric Vallieres, thoracic surgeon, introduces us to and provides a brief history for the special case in lung cancer of a "Pancoast Tumor", along with how its optimal treatment has evolved over several decades.
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Basic Principles of Managing Locally Advanced NSCLC
Dr. West reviews basic principles of treating locally advanced lung ...
Dr. West reviews basic principles of treating locally advanced lung cancer, including the need to treat both local disease and possible distant disease, and the need to balance efficacy with toxicity.
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Pre-Operative/Neoadjuvant Therapy: Rationale and Indications
Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Eric Vallieres reviews the principle of giving ...
Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Eric Vallieres reviews the principle of giving chemotherapy prior to lung cancer surgery in order to improve survival and potentially make it possible to do a smaller lung surgery.
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Surgery Options for Smaller, Slow-Growing Lung Cancers
Dr. Eric Vallieres, thoracic surgeon, discusses the potential to do ...
Dr. Eric Vallieres, thoracic surgeon, discusses the potential to do smaller lung surgeries on patients with a lung cancer that poses a minimal risk of recurrence.
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Immunotherapy for Kidney Cancer Patients in the Front-line Setting: Coming Soon?
Current clinical trials are examining the possibility of giving kidney ...
Current clinical trials are examining the possibility of giving kidney cancer (also called renal cell carcinoma, or RCC) patients immunotherapy as their first option of care upon diagnosis.
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Immunotherapy for Metastatic Kidney Cancer Shows Increased Survival
The immune checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) has been shown to ...
The immune checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) has been shown to increase survival for patients with metastatic clear cell kidney cancer (also called renal cell carcinoma, or RCC).
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Medically Inoperable Early Stage Lung Cancer
Dr. Chris Loiselle, radiation oncologist, describes stereotactic body radiation therapy ...
Dr. Chris Loiselle, radiation oncologist, describes stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) as a helpful and increasingly favored treatment option for sicker, "medically inoperable" patients with early stage lung cancer.
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Special Considerations for Lung Cancer Surgery in the Elderly
Should older patients with lung cancer undergo surgery? What issues ...
Should older patients with lung cancer undergo surgery? What issues affect the probability of an elderly patients safely undergoing lung cancer surgery. Dr. Eric Vallières, thoracic surgeon, provides an expert perspective.
