The Rapidly Changing World of Thoracic Oncology

The landscape of care in advanced stage non –small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is changing at lightning speed. Rarely in oncology have we seen the kind of rapid advancements and broad sweeping changes that are occurring currently in lung cancer. No patient with stage IV NSCLC in 2020 is approached the same way that they would have been 5 years ago. There are entirely new classes of medications, multiple new molecular targets, greater understanding of resistances mechanisms, novel biomarkers, and better tools to track disease response and progression.
Source: Thoracic Surgery Clinics - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research