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The Beacon

Dr. Jack West reviews emerging new information and controversial topics in health care in general, cancer treatment in particular.

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Dr. Jack West on New Data Combining Radiation with Immunotherapy in Advanced NSCLC: A Brief Critical Review

Dr. Jack West on New Data Combining Radiation with Immunotherapy in Advanced NSCLC: A Brief Critical Review

Dr. Jack West provides a brief summary of key findings & limitations of two new papers just out in JAMA Oncology (Th... Read more

15 Jul 2019

18mins

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Dr. Lecia Sequist (Pt. 2): Post-ASCO Debrief & Efforts with IASLC

Dr. Lecia Sequist (Pt. 2): Post-ASCO Debrief & Efforts with IASLC

Lecia Sequist, MD, MPH of Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School debriefs with host Dr. Jack West a... Read more

17 Jun 2019

23mins

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Dr. Greg Riely (Pt 1): Current Practice & Challenges in Execution of Genomic Testing in Lung Cancer Treatment

Dr. Greg Riely (Pt 1): Current Practice & Challenges in Execution of Genomic Testing in Lung Cancer Treatment

Dr. Greg Riely from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) chats with Dr. Jack West about current standards in m... Read more

14 May 2019

27mins

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Dr. Charu Aggarwal (Part 1): Growing Momentum for Plasma-Based NGS Testing in Advanced NSCLC

Dr. Charu Aggarwal (Part 1): Growing Momentum for Plasma-Based NGS Testing in Advanced NSCLC

Dr. West & Charu Aggarwal from University of Pennsylvania reviews data from her own group & other centers, demon... Read more

23 Apr 2019

26mins

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Weighing the clinical significance of new clinical trial results with immunotherapy in stage III and IV NSCLC

Weighing the clinical significance of new clinical trial results with immunotherapy in stage III and IV NSCLC

Drs. Jack West & Corey Langer debate the criteria for adopting early clinical data as practice-changing as immunothe... Read more

9 Apr 2019

19mins

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Dr. Esther Choo (Pt 2): Gender Equity in Medicine, Social Media & Mass Media

Dr. Esther Choo (Pt 2): Gender Equity in Medicine, Social Media & Mass Media

Dr. Jack West speaks with Dr. Esther Choo, academic ER specialist at OHSU in Portland, about her commitment to gender eq... Read more

1 Jul 2019

23mins

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Dr. Gil Morgan (Part 2): Overcoming Barriers in Cancer Care Delivery, Smoking Cessation, & Lung Cancer Screening Globally

Dr. Gil Morgan (Part 2): Overcoming Barriers in Cancer Care Delivery, Smoking Cessation, & Lung Cancer Screening Globally

Dr. Jack West & Sweden-based Dr. Gil Morgan discuss disparities in access & overall quality of cancer care, chal... Read more

5 Apr 2019

25mins

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Dr. Jack West: Why the Broader FDA Approval of First Pembrolizumab Monotherapy based on KEYNOTE-042 is an Invitation to Inferior Care in Advanced NSCLC

Dr. Jack West: Why the Broader FDA Approval of First Pembrolizumab Monotherapy based on KEYNOTE-042 is an Invitation to Inferior Care in Advanced NSCLC

Dr. Jack West reviews why the new FDA approval of first line pembrolizumab monotherapy for the 1-49% PD-L1 subgroup won ... Read more

19 Apr 2019

20mins

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Dr. Monty Pal: From an Early Commitment to Medicine Down the Path to ASCO & GU Oncology Leadership

Dr. Monty Pal: From an Early Commitment to Medicine Down the Path to ASCO & GU Oncology Leadership

Dr. Sumanta (Monty) Pal of City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center describes his precocious entry into medicine, the tr... Read more

11 Jun 2019

32mins

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Dr. Suzanne Dahlberg: A Statistician's Perspective on the Changing Landscape of Clinical Trials in Cancer

Dr. Suzanne Dahlberg: A Statistician's Perspective on the Changing Landscape of Clinical Trials in Cancer

Dr. West speaks with Dr. Suzanne Dahlberg about her path into biostatistics, leadership in shaping trials with ECOG &amp... Read more

8 Jul 2019

31mins

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Dr. Esther Choo (Pt 1): Medical Care & Social Policy in the ER

Dr. Esther Choo (Pt 1): Medical Care & Social Policy in the ER

Dr. Esther Choo, ER Physician at OHSU in Portland, speaks with Dr. Jack West about being an outsider growing up, as well... Read more

28 Jun 2019

21mins

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Dr. Ross Camidge (Pt 2): NCCN Guidelines, New Research Initiatives, & Partnering with Patient Groups

Dr. Ross Camidge (Pt 2): NCCN Guidelines, New Research Initiatives, & Partnering with Patient Groups

Dr. West speaks with Dr. Ross Camidge about the experience of contributing to the NCCN guidelines, developing the ATOMIC... Read more

4 Jun 2019

10mins

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Dr. Ross Camidge (Pt 1): Working at the Forefront of Developing New Targets and New Therapies

Dr. Ross Camidge (Pt 1): Working at the Forefront of Developing New Targets and New Therapies

Dr. Ross Camidge from the University of Colorado discusses his career trajectory, how cancer research in narrow molecula... Read more

31 May 2019

24mins

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Dr. Mark Lewis (Pt. 1): The Fateful Path to a Medical Career and Self-Diagnosis

Dr. Mark Lewis (Pt. 1): The Fateful Path to a Medical Career and Self-Diagnosis

Dr. Mark Lewis and host Jack West trace back from his father's surprise diagnosis of cancer to his own path into medicin... Read more

21 May 2019

23mins

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Dr. Sandip Patel (Pt 2): Advances and Impasses in Precision Medicine for Cancer

Dr. Sandip Patel (Pt 2): Advances and Impasses in Precision Medicine for Cancer

Dr. Jack West speaks with Dr. Sandip Patel about how molecular oncology has changed outcomes in cancer care, but also ho... Read more

12 Jul 2019

31mins

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Dr. Greg Riely (Pt 2): Should local ablation therapy in oligometastatic or oligoprogressing cancer be incorporated into routine practice?

Dr. Greg Riely (Pt 2): Should local ablation therapy in oligometastatic or oligoprogressing cancer be incorporated into routine practice?

Dr. Greg Riely from MSKCC and Dr. Jack West review the changing role for plasma NGS and local ablation therapy (LAT) for... Read more

17 May 2019

28mins

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Dr. William Dale (Pt 1): Developing a Focus on Supportive Care and Geriatric Oncology

Dr. William Dale (Pt 1): Developing a Focus on Supportive Care and Geriatric Oncology

Dr. William Dale from City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center discusses with host Jack West how he became interested in... Read more

24 Jun 2019

25mins

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Dr. Charu Aggarwal (Part 2): Building a Career and Family Life Together, Overcoming Barriers

Dr. Charu Aggarwal (Part 2): Building a Career and Family Life Together, Overcoming Barriers

Dr. Charu Aggarwal discusses with Dr. West how she and her colleagues at Univ. of Pennsylvania can develop their own car... Read more

26 Apr 2019

16mins

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Dr. Jed Gorden (Part 1): Rolling Out Chest CT Screening and Pulmonary Workups into the Real World Beyond Tertiary Care Centers

Dr. Jed Gorden (Part 1): Rolling Out Chest CT Screening and Pulmonary Workups into the Real World Beyond Tertiary Care Centers

Dr. Jed Gorden speaks with Dr. Jack West, reviewing the obstacles limiting broader adoption of lung cancer screening in ... Read more

12 Apr 2019

25mins

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Dr. Sandip Patel (Pt 1): The Importance of Language & Good Communication to Connect with Patients

Dr. Sandip Patel (Pt 1): The Importance of Language & Good Communication to Connect with Patients

Drs. Sandip Patel & host Jack West track his early interest in medicine and even oncology & the importance of go... Read more

10 Jul 2019

20mins

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