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
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
We interviewed Lucia Fanjul, LMSW, Oncology Social Worker with Cancer Care, to explain how the Lung Cancer HELPLine works. What is the Lung Cancer HELPLine? The Lung Cancer
1. Unplug In times of social distancing, our online usage may be taking an uptick. It’s important to ask yourself: are you spending that extra time online nourishing yourselves
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
Pathologists are charged with the task of studying biopsy samples from patients to diagnose disease and to aid in disease management. While lung cancer pathology is becoming
Some lung cancer patients respond well to treatment with checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy, which allows the body’s immune system to identify and attack cancer cells. However
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
As the treatment options for lung cancer patients are evolving to include biomarker-based precision medicine, the design of clinical trials is changing too. The majority of
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
In the past 10 years, lung cancer has seen significant progress in patient outcomes that would not have been possible without translational research. Translational research fills
Approximately 5% of non-small cell lung cancer patients have tumors resulting from the fusion of the ALK gene with another gene (usually EML4). While there are a number of tyrosine