Doctors and researchers have known about a biomarker known as MTAP deletion for many years. But now they’re learning what role this gene plays in lung cancer and other tumors. Long ago, this genetic alteration was thought to be just collateral damage in tumors, but now researchers are uncovering its influence on tumors. It turns out there are some advantages for a tumor to have this MTAP gene loss. This new understanding means new medications can likely be developed to open a new weak point in the cancer to allow for targeted therapy. Guest Jordi Rodon Ahnert, MD, PhD, medical oncologist ..read more

El cáncer de pulmón de células pequeñas (CPCP) es una forma rara y agresiva de cáncer de pulmón. Los tratamientos tradicionales son una combinación de quimioterapia y radiación. Pero, gracias a los avances en la investigación del cáncer de pulmón, nuevas posibilidades de tratamiento están disponibles. Estos nuevos tratamientos están diseñados para prolongar la vida y ayudar a los pacientes a tener una mejor calidad de vida. Como dice Mari Casanova, paciente de CPCP: “No te puedo decir cuánto tiempo voy a durar, pero lo que si te puedo decir es cuánto tiempo he estado sana. Y han pasado tres ..read more

Los navegadores de pacientes pueden ayudar a entender sus opciones de tratamiento para el cáncer de pulmón Un navegador de pacientes ayuda a los pacientes a entender sus opciones de tratamiento para el cáncer de pulmón y la importancia de las últimas investigaciones y ensayos clínicos. Esto incluye asistir al paciente a través de la detección, el diagnóstico, el tratamiento y el seguimiento del cáncer de pulmón. INVITADOS Estelamari Rodríguez, co-directora de oncología médica torácica en el Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center de la Universidad de Miami Grisel Fernández-Vega Martínez, enferm ..read more

In Part 2 of this Hope With Answers series on CBD, Cannabis, and Lung Cancer, we discuss the differences between CBD oil and hemp oil and what’s happening on the CBD clinical trials horizon. Once again, Jacquelyn Bainbridge, a clinical pharmacist at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, joins us to talk about her clinical research, including work on cannabis clinical trials with hopes that CBD could help lung cancer patients. “CBD potentially, or has a potential, to alter the immune environment and stimulate a respons ..read more

There is so much hope in lung cancer today. But lung cancer is also inherently very complicated. And the process of getting to a treatment plan takes a lot of expertise, different members of a medical team and lots of tests. And one way to make this process easier on patients and more efficient for doctors who are making those treatment plans is to use an expert called a patient or nurse navigator. Guests Charity Holien, RN, a nurse navigator with the University of Colorado Cancer Center Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, Director of the Thoracic Oncology Clinical and Clinical Research Programs at U ..read more

Of all the emotions that come with a lung cancer diagnosis, a sense of being alone might be the toughest. How can you connect with people who understand exactly what you’re going through? Hear from two people living with EGFR lung cancer who are creating connections among others with the same biomarker. Learn how sharing experiences, information, and understanding, is creating hope with answers for those in the EGFR biomarker community – while advocating for more lung cancer research. Guests: Jill Feldman, lung cancer patient/advocate, follow her on Twitter @jillfeldman4 Ivy Elkins, lung can ..read more

Lung cancer is a disease that affects people: family, friends, co-workers, neighbors. It’s a disease that comes with in some stark figures about survival and research funding. But the numbers don’t lie, and they also show the amazing strides being made against the disease: increasing survival rates, incredible strides in treatment options, and ever-growing ranks of researchers dedicating their professional careers to improving the odds for people living with lung cancer. Join us for this episode of Hope With Answers: Living With Lung Cancer, where we talk about hope, by the numbers. Guests ..read more

Our guests talk about how peers, friend-tors, and academic mentors can help you see potential in yourself that you may not have known. All this support is especially important to the success of minority and ethnic researchers who are looking to focus on a lung cancer specialty. “Mentors are those guiding lights that help us to progress to the next stage and to see paths where we may not have seen them before.” – Dr. Jarushka Naidoo Dr. Jarushka Naidoo Dr. David Tom Cooke Dr. Christian Rolfo Guests Dr. Jarushka Naidoo, a consultant medical oncologist at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin ..read more

In this Hope With Answers podcast, hear from doctors in the field and researchers on the front lines discuss the disparities in lung cancer clinical trials. Disparities in access to healthcare opportunities occur when there is an absence of health equity. These health differences are closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. Listen to these lung cancer experts address disparity in all aspects. This includes eligibility, referral programs, healthcare access, and appropriate follow-up for lung cancer screening. They propose strategies to address each of these are ..read more

What if your lung cancer doctor could get a huge amount of information about your health, how you might respond to different treatments, and possibly even be able to tell you the best diet for your specific needs, all based on a simple test that involves no needles, no surgery, no special preparation, just a small sample… of your stool. That’s the potential of studying the gut microbiome. Find out why some of LCFA’s Young Investigators are so excited about including the gut microbiome in the fight against lung cancer. Dr. Jarushka Naidoo Dr. Daniel J. Spakowicz Dr. Zoltan Lohinai ..read more