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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. David Spigel, Part 2: Identifying the Optimal Duration for Immunotherapy in Responding Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer (BMIC-075)

Dr. David Spigel, Part 2: Identifying the Optimal Duration for Immunotherapy in Responding Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer (BMIC-075)

Dr. Jack West interviews Dr. David Spigel of Sarah Cannon Research Institute on the evidence on an optimal duration of i... Read more

8 Mar 2019

20mins

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Dr. David Spigel, Part 1: Clinical Research and the Growing Complexity of Cancer Care in a Community Setting (BMIC-074)

Dr. David Spigel, Part 1: Clinical Research and the Growing Complexity of Cancer Care in a Community Setting (BMIC-074)

Dr. Jack West interviews Dr. David Spigel of Sarah Cannon Research Institute on the challenges of conducting clinical tr... Read more

5 Mar 2019

24mins

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Top 5 Most Influential Trial Findings in Lung Cancer Management in 2018 (BMIC-073)

Top 5 Most Influential Trial Findings in Lung Cancer Management in 2018 (BMIC-073)

Dr. Jack West summarizes his list of the top 5 most influential trials in lung cancer that reported results in 2018, inc... Read more

28 Dec 2018

13mins

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What does the CheckMate-331 trial of nivolumab vs. chemo for relapsed SCLC tell us? (BMIC-072)

What does the CheckMate-331 trial of nivolumab vs. chemo for relapsed SCLC tell us? (BMIC-072)

Dr. Jack West reviews the trial design, key results, and implications of the CheckMate-331 trial of nivolumab (Opdivo) v... Read more

21 Dec 2018

8mins

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The IMpower130 Trial of Carbo/Nab-Paclitaxel +/- Atezolizumab: Does this Positive Trial Change Management? (BMIC-071)

The IMpower130 Trial of Carbo/Nab-Paclitaxel +/- Atezolizumab: Does this Positive Trial Change Management? (BMIC-071)

Dr. Jack West reviews the IMpower130 trial of carboplatin + nab-paclitaxel with or without atezolizumab as first line tr... Read more

11 Dec 2018

9mins

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Overall Survival Benefit for Local Ablative Therapy as Consolidation for Oligometastatic Stage IV NSCLC: Where Does it Fit in Practice Now? (BMIC-070)

Overall Survival Benefit for Local Ablative Therapy as Consolidation for Oligometastatic Stage IV NSCLC: Where Does it Fit in Practice Now? (BMIC-070)

Dr. Jack West describes recently updated results of a small randomized trial of consolidation local ablative therapy (LA... Read more

9 Dec 2018

9mins

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The IMpower132 Trial: Does This Change the Advanced NSCLC Landscape? (BMIC-069)

The IMpower132 Trial: Does This Change the Advanced NSCLC Landscape? (BMIC-069)

Dr. Jack West reviews the IMpower132 trial of platinum + pemetrexed with or without atezolizumab as first line treatment... Read more

4 Dec 2018

6mins

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The MYSTIC Trial has Failed on Overall Survival in Advanced NSCLC: What Does and Doesn't This Tell Us? (BMIC-068)

The MYSTIC Trial has Failed on Overall Survival in Advanced NSCLC: What Does and Doesn't This Tell Us? (BMIC-068)

Dr. Jack West reviews the trial design of the MYSTIC trial of durvalumab alone or in combination with tremelimumab, what... Read more

2 Dec 2018

9mins

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Pembrolizumab for Patients with Advanced NSCLC and a Performance Status (PS) of 2: Results of the PePS2 Trial (BMIC-067)

Pembrolizumab for Patients with Advanced NSCLC and a Performance Status (PS) of 2: Results of the PePS2 Trial (BMIC-067)

Dr. Jack West summarizes new information presented at ESMO 2018 on the PePS2 trial of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patien... Read more

16 Nov 2018

4mins

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Long-Term Management of Patients Doing Well on Immunotherapy for Advanced NSCLC: Insights from KEYNOTE-010 (BMIC-066)

Long-Term Management of Patients Doing Well on Immunotherapy for Advanced NSCLC: Insights from KEYNOTE-010 (BMIC-066)

Dr. Jack West reviews longitudinal outcomes for patients on the KEYNOTE-010 trial of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) vs. doceta... Read more

14 Nov 2018

8mins

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