Meet Your Medical Team: Registered Dietician
Angie Lord, RD, RYT-200, is the oncology dietitian at the Inova Alexandria Hospital location of the Inova Schar Cancer Institute. She has been a dietitian for over 15 years in
Research Blogs
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Research Underway to Improve Immunotherapy Outcomes for ALK-Positive Lung Cancer
In the past decade, researchers have identified many types of lung cancer, including ALK-positive lung cancer, a subset of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) resulting from the -
Meet Your Medical Team: Thoracic Surgeons
Dr. Donington is Professor and Chief of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery at University of Chicago Medicine. Her clinical and interests focus on the early diagnosis and
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Meet Your Medical Team: Radiation Oncologists
Kristin Higgins, MD is an Associate Professor within the Emory School of Medicine and serves as the Medical Director of Radiation Oncolo-gy at the main campus location. She
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Meet Your Medical Team: Social Workers
Erin Charla Peterson, LCSW, is Senior Social Work Counselor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who provides counseling
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Meet Your Medical Team: Pulmonologists
Brett Bade, MD, is a pulmonologist at Yale University and the West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He has board certifications in Internal Medicine, Pulmonology, and
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Identifying Predictors for Immunotherapy Toxicities
In recent years, immunotherapy, a treatment that enhances the body’s own immune cancer-fighting response, has been shown to be a very promising treatment option. Immunotherapy has -
“Intercepting” Lung Cancer Before it Gets Going: Why Early Detection Matters!
Yay! It’s November again and I get to write the first science blog for Lung Cancer Awareness Month. And what’s more interesting and important than early detection of lung cancer? I