Professor Jean-Yves Douillard has been appointed the first Chief Medical Officer of the European Society of Medical Oncology. Prof. Douillard was previously Professor of Medical Oncology at the Integrated Centres […] Read more
Paul A. Bunn, Jr, received the 2016 David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award and Lecture, which is given annually to an oncologist who has made outstanding contributions to cancer research, diagnosis, […] Read more
Michael R. Blackburn has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), US. Dr. Blackburn has served as Vice […] Read more
Abbas El-Sayed Abbas has been appointed Thoracic Surgeon-in-Chief and Surgical Director of Lung Cancer, Thoracic Malignancy and Foregut Disease Programs for Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, US. Dr. Abbas will continue […] Read more
By Erik J. MacLaren, PhD The table at right lists key updates to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines for NSCLC as of February 2016. These guidelines are not […] Read more
By Luis E. Raez, MD, FACP, FCCP The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and the Peruvian Oncology Research Group (GECO) organized and hosted the “Best of […] Read more
By Prof. Brigit Toebes, PhD, and Willem Bantema, MSc, in collaboration with Wanda de Kanter, MD Critics have warned that Dutch legislation and policy increasingly lag behind that of other […] Read more
By Nicola M. Parry, DVM From August 25 to 27, 2016, the 7th International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Latin American Lung Cancer Conference will take place […] Read more
New oncology drugs have, for decades, followed a well-trodden path of sequential clinical trials to get from the laboratory to the patient. This model has proven its worth by delivering […] Read more
Tobacco smoking dramatically increases the risk of developing lung cancers, and it has long been recognized that nicotine addiction is one of the biggest obstacles to changing current smokers’ behavior. […] Read more