Dr. Nichole Tanner
This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Nichole Tanner about the importance of annual lung cancer screening, with details about who is eligible under the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines. Dr. Tanner is an Associate Professor in the College of Medicine and Co-Director of the Lung Cancer Screening Program at Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.
Researchers sound alarm on disparities in lung cancer screening miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 2020 WCLC Presidential Symposium features:
National Lung Cancer Screening Program in Taiwan: The TALENT Study (Abstract 3309), Pan-Chyr Yang, M.D., from the National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei/Taiwan.
International Tailored Chemotherapy Adjuvant Trial: ITACA (Abstract 1820) with Dr. Silvio Novello, University of Torino at San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Italy.
Surgical and Clinical Outcomes with Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable Stage IB-IIIB NSCLC: LCMC3 Trial Primary Analysis (Abstract 3195) with Jay M. Lee, M.D., Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Registrational Phase 2 Trial of Sotorasib in Kras P. G12C Mutant NSCLC: First Disclosure of the CodeBreak100 Primary Analysis (Abstract 3037) with Bob Li, M.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
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VIDEO: Research News: Delays in lung cancer screening associated with rise in malignancy rates at a single institution view more
Credit: American College of Surgeons
CHICAGO (December 17, 2020): The current surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases poses challenges for providers and institutions in delivering care to infected patients while also placing demands on them to keep up with timely and sometimes critical care for patients with cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses who might experience advanced complications and/or earlier death if they have lapses in their care. Reporting on how deferred care worsened outcomes for lung cancer patients when the COVID-19 pandemic first surged in the spring of 2020, researchers from the University of Cincinnati explained that they have identified a framework that could help people with serious health conditions keep up their appointments during the current surge. The study has been selected for t