Lung Cancer 101 is your comprehensive guide to understanding how lung cancer develops, how it can be found, and treatment options.
Whether you have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer, someone you care about has been diagnosed, or you are concerned about your risk, we have resources to help you.
The Patient Journey
Prediagnosis
Screening
Diagnostic Testing
Diagnosis and Staging
- Non-small cell lung cancer: adenocarcinoma, squamous, large cell
- Small cell lung cancer
Diagnosis by biomarker profile
- Molecular driver mutations: EGFR, ALK, ROS1, BRAF V600E, other
- PD-L1 for immunotherapy
Treatment (1st-line, 2nd-line, and beyond)
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Targeted therapy
- Immunotherapy
- Combination therapy
- Clinical trials
- Angiogenesis inhibitors
Monitoring
- Symptom management
- Side-effect management
- Surveillance
- Repeat biopsy
May repeat diagnostic testing
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