Lung Cancer
Program Profile
The OCTAGON Project: A Novel VA-Based Telehealth Intervention for Oral Chemotherapy Monitoring
Program Profile
Barriers from Detection to Treatment in Lung Cancer: A Single Veteran Affair Institution Review
News
SBRT vs Surgery in CRC Lung Metastases: Which Is Better?
Researchers compared outcomes among 335 patients with lung metastases from CRC who underwent surgery or SBRT.
News
Few Severe Toxicities After SBRT in Oligometastatic Cancer
SBRT, an alternative to chemotherapy and immunotherapy, offers treatment with a low rate (0.5%) of severe acute toxicities.
News
Can Addressing Depression Reduce Chemo Toxicity in Older Adults?
Researchers evaluated whether greater reductions in grade 3 chemotherapy-related toxicities occurred with geriatric assessment-driven...
Original Research
Paclitaxel Drug-Drug Interactions in the Military Health System
This study sought to provide an overview of paclitaxel use, identify potential drugs that interact with the antineoplastic agent used to treat...
Original Research
Using Telehealth to Increase Lung Cancer Screening Referrals for At-Risk Veterans in Rural Communities
This proof-of-principle quality improvement project aimed to determine whether a telehealth intervention would increase lung cancer screening for...
Latest News
Primary Care: Try These Steps to Boost Lung Cancer Screens
Lung cancer is likely if caught early, but screening is uncommon, while colon and breast cancer are routine.
Latest News
New Trials in Lung Cancer: Could Your Patients Benefit?
A number of lung cancer trials are recruiting for NSCLC which is locally advanced, metastatic, and with or without mutations.
Conference Coverage
One Patient Changed This Oncologist’s View of Hope. Here’s How.
“How we think about hope directly influences patient care,” according to a professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York...